Meta

The tech stack is huge, with many in-house solutions. There were many skilled people who built this in the past.

Quite an unhealthy place. There is toxicity, politics, constant backstabbing, and bad optics from team members and managers to stack rank and manage out folks without the option to challenge ratings. People are burning out from this a lot and eventually leaving with health issues.

Some teams are heavily understaffed, and the WLB is poor. Meanwhile, more political orgs with a lack of scope have enormous headcount.

Employees are being fired the day they go on maternity leave or didn't survive their first performance review. If an engineer tries something risky and fails to deliver, there is a high chance of a bad rating and layoff. Engineers are taken from their teams into some projects without options to opt out.

The CEO thinks money can fix all problems, but morale does not exist anymore.

Directors and managers are those who shaped this environment and flourish in it. They are milking the company and enjoying the ride by making posts that sound like a joke.