Glorified People Manager
Glorified People Manager
People are supportive.
Compensation is market-comparable in London (but not outstanding).
EM is hired as a technical role, but on the ground, it's only people management.
There are clear expectations. If you don't fit that checklist, you will not succeed.
In London, compensation is average. The work-life balance is bad; compensation is average. Other companies have amazing work-life balance but a little less compensation. Just comparing compensation without overall stress and effort is not fair, and Meta is doing that.
They say that the company enables strengths, but that's not true for managers. EMs are a third-class citizen in the company.
Fix your interview process for managers. Everyone shares that it's a technical and leadership role.
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A recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn for special tech teams. After forwarding my information to someone else, I ended up with a phone screen with a manager. This role was not for a team I was interested in. We covered background, management a
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A recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn. The recruiter screen had general questions about my background and if I had ever fired someone. The second round was scheduled two weeks out. It included one System Design/Product Architecture round and an
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I went through Behavioral and System Design after a recruiter call. It was not difficult, but it didn't go through, so I guess I have to prepare more. They asked about typical engineering management questions.
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San Jose, California, United StatesMay 1, 2022A recruiter reached out to me over LinkedIn for special tech teams. After forwarding my information to someone else, I ended up with a phone screen with a manager. This role was not for a team I was interested in. We covered background, management a
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San Francisco, California, United StatesApril 1, 2025A recruiter reached out to me via LinkedIn. The recruiter screen had general questions about my background and if I had ever fired someone. The second round was scheduled two weeks out. It included one System Design/Product Architecture round and an
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New York, New York, United StatesFebruary 14, 2026I went through Behavioral and System Design after a recruiter call. It was not difficult, but it didn't go through, so I guess I have to prepare more. They asked about typical engineering management questions.
