Facebook Menlo Park Reviews

Pros

- Incredible benefits
- Excellent compensation that rewards strong performance
- Lots of autonomy
- Tons of room for growth
- Very transparent from the top down
- Strong leadership
- Intelligent and caring colleagues
- The most fair and well thought out review process you will find everywhere
- Exciting work

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you're doing, keep an eye on employee burnout, keep supporting your people and keep pushing them, and the rest of the world, forward.

Pros

I'm a 55 year old working in a company where the average age is 28, and I've never been happier. I have always wanted to work in a company where I wasn't the proverbial square peg, and after nearly 30 years in the work force, I believe that I have found the company that complements my ideology for how a company should operate. Here are the "Pros" as I see them...

- Leadership: Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, Chris Cox and the rest of the leadership team. Inspiring, smart and totally real.
- The Culture: The openness is a real thing, we're trusted to do the right thing, mistakes are expected, being yourself is important and encouraged, humility is encouraged and expected, building trust is paramount, the mission of making the world a more open and connected place isn't just a cool phrase because it guides everything. It's not about us, it's about everyone else.
- The People: Smart and nice is what I find. The diversity is better than any other company I've worked at and it's getting better. Those that are figuring out how to make what we do better for everyone are really good at implementing their ideas. Two years ago I didn't know what this company really was or if it had a secure future. I can clearly see now that they have what it takes to last, and it's sincere.
- Management: Managers are hired because they're good managers and not because they're good at something else. The management track is different than the contributor track and they're equal in importance.
- Benefits: Working in the Valley it's hard to differentiate all the benefits employees receive and Facebook is at least equal to all the major tech companies, but coming from Seattle the benefits are nothing short of incredible.

Granted, I haven't been with the company for very long and I'm still in the honeymoon period, but I can tell what's real and what's not; this place is for real.

Advice to Management

Keep doing what you're doing and fight hard to not be complacent. I believe that humility is the key so don't ever lose that thinking. Your motives will always be suspect, but if you're able to look in the mirror everyday and know that your motives are pure, that's all that matters. Walking the talk is the best evidence there is.

Pros

Facebook has a vast library of resources for interns (and full-time employees) to learn. This means opportunities to learn how to do your job better, but also the opportunity to grow professionally and explore career advancement a progression. As a non-technical intern I was able to:
-Work autonomously to design a project that was conducive to my interests
-Experiment with FB tools to track how my project impacted the company
-Meet people from all over the company to talk about available jobs and career opportunities
-Housing, Food, Relocation Benefits, fair (like bay area fair!) compensation

Advice to Management

Keep up the great work, your transparency and alignment with proper social values helps employees stay motivated to furthering FB's mission

Pros

I learned much from the intern in Facebook. The people here are mostly friendly to help.

Pros

Smart, kind and considerate people (for the most part). Salary isn't bad, but total compensation [RSU + Bonus + Salary] and benefits is really hard to beat. Company is growing, there are a lot of opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Advice to Management

The culture is amazing, get creative about ways of maintaining it.

Pros

Open and transparent culture, smart co-workers, great perks.

Pros

Facebook is great. We have amazing perks, financial freedom to do amazing work and coworkers that will push you to become a better professional and person.

What sticks out most to me is that the company is accutley aware that it won't be able to reach it's long term goals without tenured (more than 2-3 years) employees. It goes to great lengths to remove everyday hassles from your life so you can spend more time doing the things you love outside of work and when life happens (babies, relocation, bereavement) it's most amazing perk shines through. The people around you come together to support you and give you the time you deserve to move through life changes.

They really look at it through the lens of "if the employee is happy and taken care of then they'll do the best work of their career". This doesn't mean that everyone will work 80 hours a week. If you question this, ask to see the office at 6pm. It's pretty empty. Most people leave closer to 4.

Pros

Amazing, smart, kind people to work with
As an intern, had an opportunity to work on projects full-time employees can take on; make real impact

Advice to Management

Keep up the great work, thank you for your leadership, and continue to be fully engaged with the employees, and interns!

Pros

Facebook is an amazing place to work with amazing benefits and a great compensation plan. I'm never doing the same project, constantly being engaged in new challenges and have amazing support from my coworkers and managers. I'll probably stay here forever

Advice to Management

Keep up the good work

Pros

You get to interact with smart people, use high-level analytical skills to solve complex problems, and access unparalleled resources, perks, and food. This is a fantastic place to work.