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Excellent plate to work

Site Reliability Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Meta for less than 1 year
June 17, 2010
Mountain View, California
5.0
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Pros

Amazing environment with a strong focus on getting things done versus politics or "Process". When bad things happen, the focus is always on finding a fix rather than finding blame. Organized chaos. Working with some of the smartest and most knowledgeable people I've ever met. They don't just throw money away, but they're willing to spend to solve problems or improve things when it's needed. The benefits, like free food, are excellent, and in general, they treat their employees like human adults instead of children or replaceable cogs or numbers.

Cons

The biggest downside is the organized chaos (although that's also a plus). At times, it can be a bit too chaotic, though even that's improving.

Advice to Management

What you're doing is working. Keep at it.

Although some increase in process and bureaucracy is inevitable as the company grows, make sure that the focus on people never goes away.

The risk of following "Best Practices" down the road to mediocrity is very real, and it will take away everything that makes the company great.

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