Is Meta a good company to work for as a Softwarea Engineer?

Softwarea Engineer professionals working at Meta have rated their employer with 3.4 out of 5 stars in 3,813 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Meta employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Softwarea Engineer Jobs at Meta now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Softwarea Engineer interview questions at Meta .

Does Meta pay Softwarea Engineer employees well?

Softwarea Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Meta with 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 3,813 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.2% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Softwarea Engineer salaries at Meta.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

Software Engineer (3596) , Data Scientist (525) , Senior Software Engineer (485) , Product Manager (391) , Software Engineer(Internship) (352) , Program Manager (351) , Technical Sourcer (346) , Data Engineer (328) , Project Manager (261) , Account Manager (240) , Recruiter (236) , Software Engineer Intern (228) , Production Engineer (220) , Research Scientist (219) , 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 2374 reviews)); "Great people: my team in particular were some the smartest and most engaging people I've worked with." ((in 2021 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 1503 reviews)); "1) Work with the best 2) Always get challenged but in a positive way 3) Caring environment 4) good salary" ((in 728 reviews)); "Free food and Life@ expenses are nice" ((in 649 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 1029 reviews)); "PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) is pretty intense and there are frequent layoffs which mostly has nothing to do with your performance" ((in 822 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 393 reviews)); "Politics and poor leadership in the mid" ((in 370 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 223 reviews))

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Meta Softwarea Engineer reviews

3.4

45% would recommend to a friend

(3,813 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

38% approve of CEO

45% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

2.5

Work/Life balance

Softwaree Engineer employees have rated Meta with 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 3,813 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Softwaree Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Softwaree Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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5.0

Jun 27, 2026

Great engineering culture, but layoffs create instability

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great eng culture. Option to work on so many different projects.

Cons

Layoffs cause instability in the job.

4.0

Jun 26, 2026

Great learning resources but limited scope of work

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free Food! Very smart people, transparency, docs, SEV reports are all easily accessible. If you want to learn more about different parts of software engineering, internal docs are a wealth of information.

Cons

Company is huge so you're only working on a small slice of everything.

3.0

Jun 26, 2026

A mixed bag

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay & benefits, really cool coworkers, autonomous engineering culture

Cons

Lots and lots of chaos

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