Is Meta a good company to work for as a Software Enginerer?

Software Enginerer professionals working at Meta have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 3,226 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Meta employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Enginerer Jobs at Meta now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Enginerer interview questions at Meta .

Does Meta pay Software Enginerer employees well?

Software Enginerer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Meta with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 3,226 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is equal to the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Enginerer salaries at Meta.

How happy are Software Enginerer professionals working at Meta?

46% of Software Enginerer employees at Meta would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 100% in the past 12 months. Software Enginerer professionals have also rated Meta with a 2.5 rating for work-life-balance, 3.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.7 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

Software Engineer (3592) , Data Scientist (524) , Senior Software Engineer (479) , Product Manager (391) , Software Engineer(Internship) (352) , Program Manager (350) , Technical Sourcer (346) , Data Engineer (328) , Project Manager (261) , Account Manager (240) , Recruiter (236) , Software Engineer Intern (228) , Research Scientist (219) , Production Engineer (218) , Technical Recruiter (215)

What are the pros of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"The company has great benefits and really makes sure you and your family have everything you need." ((in 2328 reviews)); "Great people: my team in particular were some the smartest and most engaging people I've worked with." ((in 2033 reviews)); "I think that some of the pros are the that it has a good pay and is in a nice place like california" ((in 1513 reviews)); "1) Work with the best 2) Always get challenged but in a positive way 3) Caring environment 4) good salary" ((in 729 reviews)); "free food and transport are great" ((in 674 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"Well know is the bad work life balance with MPK (USA) still holding the string late hours are common and needed to get on." ((in 1028 reviews)); "PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) is pretty intense and there are frequent layoffs which mostly has nothing to do with your performance" ((in 818 reviews)); "1. Can be super stressful 2. Bad manager can ruin your life 3. Efforts are not praised or counted 4. Code output doesn't matter" ((in 405 reviews)); "Politics and poor leadership in the mid" ((in 368 reviews)); "many employers are very invested in their work and spend long hours; as a result it can be easy to let work/life balance slip" ((in 221 reviews))

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Meta Software Enginerer reviews

3.5

46% would recommend to a friend

(3,226 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

39% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.5

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

2.5

Work/Life balance

Software Enginere employees have rated Meta with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,226 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Enginere professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Enginere professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews

1.0

Jul 10, 2026

Toxic environment with clueless leadership and politics

Software engineer

Recommend

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Pros

None that I can think of. Full of politics at this point. If you know to play the PSC game and are a bad engineer meta is the place for you.

Cons

There is a long list - 1. Full of politics 2. Short term display of work(not actual work) gets rewarded in the name of impact. 3. They genuinely just have 3 apps that are cash and rest is all empire building. 4. Leadership is clueless and lack human empathy. 5. Backstabbing and putting others down is promoted. 6. You will get to work ego driven poor engineers

2.0

Jul 10, 2026

Good pay and growth, but toxic competitiveness prevails

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Good pay - High profile job - Good place to learn and connect with talented people - Fast growth

Cons

- Performance review driven environment creates toxic competitiveness, and incentivizes everyone to look for measurable very short term wins rather than valuable work - Recently the company has been extremely top down, aggressively taking lots of disruptive decisions and enforcing them on the whole company without any room for push back. - Very high turn over rate. - WLB can be very bad.

4.0

Jul 9, 2026

High salary but competitive culture at Meta

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Meta provided high salary than other company at the same level

Cons

Meta culture is a little bit too comparitive.

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