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Do NOT work for Redmond

Software Engineer
Former Employee
Worked at Meta for 1 year
July 19, 2025
Redmond, Washington
1.0
Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDoesn't Approve of CEO
Pros

Free breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

Pay is pretty good.

Well, you don’t die like in Squid Game; you’re just laid off.

Cons

Everything else

Condense sucks.

Unreadable code, written by those who don’t want to give their job away, so intentionally confusing.

Managers who were at the right place at the right time. Mine literally got LUCKY with right timing and very limited experience.

Directors even dumber — applied once every year for the past 20 years and finally made it into Meta. So they hold onto the role like there’s no tomorrow.

Colleagues, Squid Game-style competition.

Work is meaningless — like a piece of crap wrapped in sweet chocolate, so you only see the chocolate at first.

Stress cultures — if you’re not stressed, you will be second-hand stressed, oh yeah!

Everything is done with stress — it’s like replacing the coffee in the morning because coffee is free.

None of the projects here make any technical sense. 2+2=5 because John said so.

Advice to Management

Get rid of directors who don’t have technical skills aligned.

When interviewing directors, please give them more than one round of technical interviews.

Additional Ratings

Work/Life Balance
1.0
Culture and Values
1.0
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
1.0
Career Opportunities
1.0
Compensation and Benefits
3.0
Senior Management
1.0

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