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Great pay for code monkeys

Rotational Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Meta for 2 years
July 12, 2021
New York, New York
4.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo CEO Opinion
Pros
  • Competitive salary
  • Amazing benefits
    • Doctor & specialist visits are $10
    • 25 free therapy visits
    • 401K match is effectively about 25%
    • Generous reimbursements (just pay taxes)
  • Open source contributions are praised, not intellectual property
  • Very fast growth potential
Cons

Moving fast is more important than code quality (lots of copy-pasted code).

Prioritized projects mostly have to align with company goals. This sounds like a good thing, but it's mostly about "How do we get X users to use feature Y more often?" and "How do we increase time users spend on FB?" These are soul-sucking priorities and involve working on trivial experiments, which are not even remotely interesting.

I personally hate Mercurial.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
2.0
Culture and Values
4.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
4.0
Career Opportunities
5.0
Compensation and Benefits
5.0
Senior Management
5.0

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