The ability to work remotely is nice, and there are lots of healthy snacks and good food in the cafeteria. It's exciting to be part of such fascinating product development.
Stability is nearly non-existent.
It's a constant churn of department reorganization. Every three months, things are being shuffled around, and people are constantly being cut.
How is it effective to have a revolving door of contractors?
Instead of constantly hiring new employees who need to learn department processes, locations, etc., why not just keep them on?
The workers are not rental cars, they are PEOPLE, with families to support and housing to pay for.
Nobody likes stressing whether or not they will have a job at the start of each quarter.
The interview process at Meta was excessively lengthy, involving multiple redundant stages with various recruiters and technical interviews. Despite receiving very positive feedback on my technical performance, no offer was made following a review b
It didn't work out; I just wasn't qualified for the position offered. It took a while to get through this process, but I understand why I wasn't picked. Ultimately, I just wasn't the right person for the job, so I'm glad they found someone else.
I had a phone screen and a video call, both of which were very simple and not intense at all. The conversation was with the head of the team. There was no response for two weeks. Then I had to email them for the results.
The interview process at Meta was excessively lengthy, involving multiple redundant stages with various recruiters and technical interviews. Despite receiving very positive feedback on my technical performance, no offer was made following a review b
It didn't work out; I just wasn't qualified for the position offered. It took a while to get through this process, but I understand why I wasn't picked. Ultimately, I just wasn't the right person for the job, so I'm glad they found someone else.
I had a phone screen and a video call, both of which were very simple and not intense at all. The conversation was with the head of the team. There was no response for two weeks. Then I had to email them for the results.