Is Meta a good company to work for as a Software Engineering Manager?

Software Engineering Manager professionals working at Meta have rated their employer with 2.6 out of 5 stars in 73 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Meta employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineering Manager Jobs at Meta now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineering Manager interview questions at Meta .

Does Meta pay Software Engineering Manager employees well?

Software Engineering Manager professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Meta with 4.3 out of 5 stars based on 73 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineering Manager salaries at Meta.

How happy are Software Engineering Manager professionals working at Meta?

36% of Software Engineering Manager employees at Meta would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 55% in the past 12 months. Software Engineering Manager professionals have also rated Meta with a 2.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.4 rating for culture and values and 2.4 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

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What are the pros of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"The company has great benefits and really makes sure you and your family have everything you need." ((in 2343 reviews)); "The people are great and I've made some friends that will span beyond my time at the company." ((in 1976 reviews)); "I think that some of the pros are the that it has a good pay and is in a nice place like california" ((in 1505 reviews)); "1) Work with the best 2) Always get challenged but in a positive way 3) Caring environment 4) good salary" ((in 737 reviews)); "There were lots of benefits: 1. Relocation package 2. Free housing 3. Free food at the office 4." ((in 659 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"Well know is the bad work life balance with MPK (USA) still holding the string late hours are common and needed to get on." ((in 1020 reviews)); "PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) is pretty intense and there are frequent layoffs which mostly has nothing to do with your performance" ((in 798 reviews)); "1. Can be super stressful 2. Bad manager can ruin your life 3. Efforts are not praised or counted 4. Code output doesn't matter" ((in 395 reviews)); "Poor leadership that is not accountable: Company has no idea what they are doing and where they are going." ((in 352 reviews)); "many employers are very invested in their work and spend long hours; as a result it can be easy to let work/life balance slip" ((in 227 reviews))

Meta Software Engineering Manager reviews

2.6

36% would recommend to a friend

(73 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

39% approve of CEO

38% positive business outlook

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Software Engineering Manager employees have rated Meta with 2.6 out of 5 stars, based on 73 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineering Manager professionals have an average working experience there. Meta is rated 32% below average by Software Engineering Manager professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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73 reviews

5.0

Feb 24, 2019

Great culture, big startup company

Software engineering manager

Recommend

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Business Outlook

Pros

The best company culture. Open, focused, friendly and people first. Here, your voice matters, you get to work on things that matter to you and the company. The company invest in you through many ways (many perks, training materials, PTOs, 4 months parental leave, etc.) During calibration you can see how everyone puts people to the top of their consideration.

Cons

The company is focused on connecting people, and is very very focused on this. So if you wanted to work on versatile of things like cloud system, self driving car, etc., it's unlikely you can find such work near term. You might need to adapt to the work life integration style here. Some teams are pretty busy, but not all teams are like that.

5.0

Apr 25, 2017

I couldn't imagine a better place to start my career

Software engineering manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

+ Tremendous autonomy: It is still very much a culture where you are expected to find impact and deliver. + Fast paced culture: Very few people try to stop you from getting things done. Everyone values the benefits of iteration + Easy internal mobility: No interview, no BS. Everything was decided in a day for me. + Great perks: Comp, food, office space, healthcare, you name it! + Exciting work: Facebook is building everything from social media to VR, React to airplanes.

Cons

- Tremendous autonomy: It REALLY is up to you. - Size: Definitely feels big if you are trying to meet new people.

Meta Response

9y

Thanks for sharing! We're glad to hear that you are enjoying career growth and autonomy here at Facebook. Thank you for all you do to support our mission of making the world more open and connected.

5.0

Dec 8, 2016

FB: Hard Problems and Fun People

Software engineering manager

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Pros

It's a social networking company so it pre-selects for social people. Most of my coworkers want to be friends in addition to colleagues. The scale is amazing: it's exciting but also humbling to sit in a room and talk about how 1B will use our product. With that scale comes the requirement for precision in algorithms, data structures and code clarity that I've never experienced before.

Cons

Being very data-driven can push out more sentiment-based projects and sometimes puts too much of a burden on teams to identify exactly the right metric to optimize for. Tooling for developers is improving but with such a large codebase and so many developers, creating a branch, making a change and building can take a long time. This is especially true on mobile.

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