Meta reviews

- Open space setup for all. It's loud, sometimes over packed (it's better now). I've never been as unproductive. - Changes are sometimes hard to track. - Your project might be "reformulated" along the way... - Very young. The least "social" of the places I've ever worked at.

It's still a big company. With that comes some of the big company downsides. Being smart politically can advance your career. If you keep your head down and just do a good job it's less likely to be noticed. For example, I see good engineers not going anywhere with their career even though they do good work, while I see average ones advance up the ranks if they make it a point to post in FYI for every feature they create. You also have less of a chance to make an impact as a new hire since you're more likely to work on existing features rather than new ones. If you joined about a year ago, your stock grant was over valued (by about 2x), so you're making a lot less than if you go to another company. None of the cons are unexpected at a large company. If you're looking to work for a larger, post IPO company, then you're not going to do better anywhere else.