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Great, depending on what team you are on

Software Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at Meta for 4 years
September 19, 2019
Menlo Park, California
3.0
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Pros

The pay is top of market and few can match it.

Perks are unbelievable: dozens of different cuisines for lunch, 21 days of PTO, and fantastic medical coverage.

Really smart coworkers, some of the best in the world.

Cons

High-profile projects can be extremely political and can really be dragged down by too many cooks in the kitchen.

In a post-Cambridge Analytica world, there are huge slowdowns in releasing new features/products. People aren't driven by making the experience better for users as much as they are by not screwing up again.

People at the company aren't focused on users as much as they are on moving metrics.

Advice to Management

Go back to basics and focus on users.

Take bigger bets and move away from the "move last and take things" mentality.

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