Facebook Reviews in San Francisco, CA, US Area

Former Employee – worked at Facebook as an intern for less than a year

Pros – You will be surrounded by friendly and talented people at Facebook. Some of the most skilled designers and developers are working at the company which makes it exciting to show up and work everyday.

Cons – You have to be ready to work hard. This is not necessarily a con but something that many people may not be ready for.

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

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for more than a year

Pros – 1. Great benefits and perks
2. Passionate and dedicated employees
3. Fun and exciting environment

Cons – 1. No career growth and lack of internal career paths
2. Low compensation
3. Lots of politics within the company (many ex-Yahoos and AOL employees are in management)
4. Bad culture and habits brought in from ex-Yahoos and AOL employees are making a big negative impact on culture and morale at the company
5. Mark Zuckerberg, aka Zuck has received good ratings in the past but of late he has been very distracted and not focused on how the company is run internally, he should own it and step up by making management changes to course correct the ship before it becomes another AOL.

Advice to Senior Management – Do something to address the low compensation issues and morale/culture issues within the company, make changes to management particularly in the engineering and sales organizations since the same traits that they had at Yahoo and AOL are starting to show at Facebook as well.

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend – I'm not optimistic about the outlook for this company

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for more than a year

Pros – The best thing about this place is that you have so many smart people around you. You can learn from the best, working on the most interesting products for 1B of people.

Cons – Food, definitely. It's so good and available so easily you can gain a stone or two quite quickly.

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

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for more than a year

Pros – I've been able to define my career trajectory here by focusing on projects that I think will have the highest impact on the business. It's up to me to fight for the resources (people, time, money) I need to complete the project. But at the end of the day and after a lot of hard work, Facebook is a place where I can take a vision and take it to fruition.

Cons – The usual scaling issues with companies in this stage of growth. Luckily we have a great culture, but sometimes it's hard to manage the expectations of your role and prioritize important projects.

Advice to Senior Management – Use data to monitor employee engagement and productivity closely.

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

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for less than a year

Pros – - you can choose your team, and, later, you can change it;
- the company is a significant contributor to open source;
- there are lots of smart people around you;
- plenty of perks (great and varied food, company shuttles, public transportation, bike repair, laundry & dry cleaning, banking, ...)
- powerful hardware to develop on

Cons – - no 401(k) matching;
- some teams work around the clock;
- things are constantly changing in the development process;
- preference for "generalists", who know a little bit of everything and nothing particularly well; it might be hard for "specialists" to find a good team that favors depth vs breadth

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

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for more than a year

Pros – It is good to work here with the smartest people in San Francisco bay area. The company is always moving fast.

Cons – Sometimes it is moving too fast. The food in cafe can be better, but the snacks in micro-kitten are really good.

Advice to Senior Management – no advice

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

Former Employee – worked at Facebook as an intern for less than a year

Pros – Get to work with really smart people.
Incredibly fast-paced dev environment.
Do everything to make you happy - place you on projects you're excited about.
best perks

Cons – Lots of work.
Almost no cons

Advice to Senior Management – great job

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

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for less than a year

Pros – Co-workers are supportive and always willing to help. Move fast and make great impact.

Cons – I don't like the dining here and I can't bring dogs to work.

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

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for less than a year

Pros – High responsibilities from day one. High powers from day one. The company lives up to its motto of move fast and don't be afraid.

Cons – Hard core environment, if you don't deal well with extra responsibility and require strong leadership instead of autonomy you probably won't have the best time

Advice to Senior Management – Keep the hacker culture, beware process and corporate behavior. Always do the right thing for the world.

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

Current Employee – been working at Facebook full-time for less than a year

Pros – Facebook is an excellent place to work. The job is interesting and challenging, the co-workers are vibrant and brilliant and the perks are fantastic. I am excited to go to work everyday and very enthusiastic about my future which wasn't the case at my old job. The work, the location, the food, the perks and the co-workers make this the best place to work that I can imagine.

Cons – This job can keep you busy, but if you love what you do that's not necessarily a downside.

Advice to Senior Management – Keep this company as awesome as it is now while you continue to expand.

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