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Excellent place to start. Meh place to stay

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Meta for 4 years
December 6, 2017
Menlo Park, California
3.0
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Pros

Lots of freedom - you are the master of your own career. You get full credit for your achievements (with the cost of taking full responsibility).

Retains its "move fast" culture - you can get a lot of meaningful work done.

Smart and proficient colleagues - you can learn a lot regardless of your level!

Compensation is fair and sweet.

Cons

Forget about work/life balance. In fact, forget about work/sleep balance. Management does nothing to deal with the problem.

Horrible working conditions. Wide and extremely noisy open spaces (impossible to concentrate), tiny desks, lines in restrooms, unavailable meeting rooms. I do most of my meaningful work from home. Management refuses to acknowledge the problem and praises facilities, so no chance of this being fixed.

A strong political bias coming all the way from the top pollutes the working climate.

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