Facebook Reviews

I have been working at Facebook full-time for less than a year

Pros – It is an amazing place. The new HQ is gorgeous and huge.

You get to make whatever you want and launch it to a billion people.

Cons – It can be a little distracting to be required to use Facebook at work.

I've never worked for another large company, but I think it's better than most. Allocation process took a while.

Advice to Senior Management – Vision is great, but also considering new ideas can be useful.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Facebook full-time for more than a year

Pros – Very smart people around
Great projects and opportunities
Easy changing of the teams
A lot of interesting stuff to work on

Cons – Requires a lot of work in periods

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Facebook part-time for less than a year

Pros – Great culture, people are thrilled to be there and that's infectious. The various perks don't hurt and you will constantly feel pushed to do your best.

Cons – Busy environment- understaffed in some key areas so it can be occasionally difficult to move forward with any work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Facebook as an intern for less than a year

Pros – It's a young and energetic company. Teams always switch seats so there's a high chance you can sit a few feet away from Zuckerberg and Sandberg and these famous people. The motto is to move fast and stay focused. Work can be stressful, but if you're in a good team like Mobile, there're plenty of opportunities to do fun stuff on beaches or zoos or...

Cons – Work can be stressful. Everyone works really hard. The company is getting bigger nowadays so you have less and less ownership of a certain product. Gender ratio is really bad.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire fewer interns because some of them don't get work.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Facebook full-time for more than a year

Pros – Facebook is full of extremely capable and smart people. The lines are very short, and it's easy to get a hold of the right person to talk to on any topic. There's no red tape, so it's really up to you to have a big impact on the product and the world. People who make a big impact are recognized and rewarded, regardless of their job title or level of experience. The company's leadership truly believes in Facebook's mission to make the world more open and connected. Teams are small and have a lot of autonomy, and it's amazing to see how much of a difference a single person can make at this place.

Cons – The downside having so much going on all at once is that it takes energy and discipline to stay focused on those things that matter most. You need to embrace this challenge to get the most out of your experience.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Facebook full-time for more than 3 years

Pros – Smart and driven colleagues
Vision of management and Mark Zuckerberg to prioritize long term goals over short term ones
Ability to work on a product that affects hundreds of millions of people
Employees given large responsibilities relatively early in their careers
Strong culture makes it fun to work here

Cons – Relatively understaffed which means you have more responsibility and ability to define your work but longer hours
Facebook starting to grow and increase its level of bureaucracy although it is still limited

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Facebook full-time for less than a year

Pros – - The ratio of employees to customers is still large enough that everything you do has impact
- Employees are trusted with working on what's important without the need for constant overview
- Everyone is smart, but rarely feel the need to prove it.
- The amenities allow us to focus on our work, and also make us feel valued. Plus not having to go grocery shopping in eight months has been nice.
- The campus really does feel like a home. This is the first job I've had where I really am glad to head into work and actually get disappointed when I see how quickly the day goes by.
- The managers are very technical capable, and know when to manage and when to step back.

Cons – - The size of the company makes communication a little harder, and it's more difficult to get to know people who you don't normally work with.
- Conversely, there aren't enough employees to have people working on whatever pet project they want. The work they do has to have as much impact as possible (but the hackathons are a good chance to work on those pet projects for a bit)
- Too much beer

Advice to Senior Management – Facebook is a great place to work because it feels more like a group of capable engineers all trying to build a project together, rather than a hierarchy of workers. As the company grows it is important to use that as an opportunity to do more exciting projects instead of having more people work on the same projects.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Facebook as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Small team, intetesting task, good work place

Cons – need good knowlage of internet technologies for good work process where

Advice to Senior Management – improve orientation for noobies

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I worked at Facebook as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Facebook's culture of moving fast and breaking things is really great. You really get code in production very fast and you can make a large impact over the world pretty quick.
Also the no cubicles workplace is nice, and all the other perks

Cons – I don't see any major downside of working at Facebook. Everything was just great during my whole internship.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

I have been working at Facebook full-time for more than 7 years

Pros – Everyone there has an opportunity to make an impact. Company moves very fast and prides itself on running lean. This means autonomy and opportunity for almost every employee.

Cons – Intense environment is not for everyone. Mission driven company means many decisions are made based on relevance back to product and mission.

Advice to Senior Management – Brag a little more: Be more active in publicly explaining your business model. You can talk publicly about how well you're doing while at the same time remaining coy and humble.

Avoid Bureaucracy and Nepotism: Remember to move fast and don't let your size get in the way, it started to happen a little bit. And Don't promote people based on one person's personal goal (i.e. Sheryl's mission to help women) - it's like internet nepotism.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company