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Updated Dec 30, 2020
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"I mean free food tastes so much better than non-" (in 391 reviews)
"Lots of smart people to work with" (in 325 reviews)
"Work-life balance can be challenging depending on your team" (in 461 reviews)
"Despite some reports, you do not need to work long hours in order to succeed at Facebook" (in 92 reviews)
Reviews about "work life balance"
Return to all Reviews- Featured ReviewHelpful (84)
"People Focused"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Facebook full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Facebook deeply cares about its employees and has built a compelling culture around support and growth. Career growth opportunities are plentiful. If you don't like the team you're on or don't get the support you want from your manger, Facebook empowers you to find new teams or projects. Facebook wants its employees to be invested in their work and to feel connected to its larger mission. If large scale opportunities and growth are important to you, Facebook is a fantastic place to work.
Cons
Facebook's culture is demanding and fast paced. The greatest aspect of working at Facebook is that everyone is very motivated and very smart. The problem with this is that they all expect the very same of you. Holding a very high bar for excellence can certainly be demanding so it's important to make sure you're always carefully paying attention to your own personal work/life balance.
Thank you for this thoughtful feedback. Building a career at Facebook is about using your unique strengths, doing meaningful work that matters to you and making Facebook better. We're glad you're here on this journey with us.
"Great Please to work!!!!!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Facebook full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
Great team culture, challenging work, smart people to assist in personal growth.
Cons
Not the highest salary band but work life balance evens it out.
Continue readingPros
Good culture, good people, good salary
Cons
work life balance needs improvements.
"Fast and valuable"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Facebook for less than a year
Pros
pays good, and place to grow up fast
Cons
work-life balance is important here as it moves fast
- COVID-19
"Good benefits"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Facebook full-time
Pros
Good benefits, free food (pre-Covid), freedom to choose what teams to work on
Cons
Work life balance can be poor depending on team
"Simply Amazing"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Facebook
Pros
Amazing company to work for. Although there are cons, the pros severely outweigh the cons (ex: pros - 1000, cons - 5). Hard charging teams, lots of collaboration, room for creativity, technical gurus everywhere. Great work/life balance, great amenities, great people (for the most part, at least), and friendly environments.
Cons
You work at Facebook. This means you're always in the public spotlight, must watch what you say and post on the internet (as we always should), and you will be asked if you know Mark, if you 'steal peoples data', and if you can 'get them verified'.
"Great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Facebook full-time
Pros
Empowers individuals to grow in their roles
Cons
Work life balance is not always great
"Best company I've worked for!"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Facebook full-time for more than 3 years
Pros
- Caring from Leadership - Ownership and Impact - Work life balance - Comp Comp Comp! - internal mobility
Cons
- People operations tool crash
"Great money, horrid WLB"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Facebook full-time for more than a year
Pros
Lots of opportunities, great bootcamp
Cons
work life balance is pretty bad, but maybe team dependant
"Great company"
- Work/Life Balance★★★★★
- Culture & Values★★★★★
- Diversity & Inclusion★★★★★
- Career Opportunities★★★★★
- Compensation and Benefits★★★★★
- Senior Management★★★★★
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Facebook full-time
Pros
Culture, compensation, tooling, personal and professional growth, perks
Cons
Work life balance, randomization, workload
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December 4, 2020 – Employer Representative