Is Meta a good company to work for?

Meta has an overall rating of 3.5 out of 5, based on over 24,458 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months. 49% of employees would recommend working at Meta to a friend and 46% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Meta have been left by employees working as Data Engineer Intern , Operations Engineer and Front End Engineer .

Does Meta pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Meta employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Meta. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Meta?

49% of Meta employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Meta 2.7 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

Software Engineer (3594) , Data Scientist (525) , Senior Software Engineer (483) , Product Manager (391) , Software Engineer(Internship) (352) , Program Manager (350) , Technical Sourcer (346) , Data Engineer (328) , Project Manager (261) , Account Manager (240) , Recruiter (236) , Software Engineer Intern (228) , Production Engineer (219) , Research Scientist (219) , Technical Recruiter (215)

What are the pros of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"The company has great benefits and really makes sure you and your family have everything you need." ((in 2365 reviews)); "The people are great and I've made some friends that will span beyond my time at the company." ((in 2031 reviews)); "I think that some of the pros are the that it has a good pay and is in a nice place like california" ((in 1516 reviews)); "1) Work with the best 2) Always get challenged but in a positive way 3) Caring environment 4) good salary" ((in 735 reviews)); "free food and transport are great" ((in 654 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Meta according to real employee reviews?

"Well know is the bad work life balance with MPK (USA) still holding the string late hours are common and needed to get on." ((in 1023 reviews)); "PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) is pretty intense and there are frequent layoffs which mostly has nothing to do with your performance" ((in 820 reviews)); "1. Can be super stressful 2. Bad manager can ruin your life 3. Efforts are not praised or counted 4. Code output doesn't matter" ((in 401 reviews)); "Politics and poor leadership in the mid" ((in 368 reviews)); "many employers are very invested in their work and spend long hours; as a result it can be easy to let work/life balance slip" ((in 215 reviews))

What are employees saying about Meta layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Meta layoffs and their outlook for job security at Meta in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Meta locations?

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Meta reviews

3.5

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,311 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

37% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

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Meta has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 18,311 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

Reviews by job title

18K reviews

2.0

Nov 7, 2015

great company

Intern

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Food is great, and the people are amazing as well. Great culture. I loved everything about it.

Cons

lack of proper software engineering practices/hacky culture. Not much guidance given to employees.

5.0

Nov 6, 2015

Data Scientist

Visiting researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great amenities, free onsite gym, shops, and restaurants. Great culture that responds to employees with weekly talks with CEO. Free shuttles to SF

Cons

Long commute from SF. Large company so sometimes there are duplicate tools for the same task.

4.0

Nov 5, 2015

Great place to work, not great for certain roles (design/research)

User experience researcher

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing perks, super transparent company, very little boundaries to communication. You can pretty much talk to anyone at a whim except Mark. It makes getting things down a breeze. Super laid-back, younger vibe. A lot of energy and excitement around the future. It's also nice that the company is so successful; it's motivating to know that they are moving in the right direction and have had wild success in the past

Cons

There's so much autonomy that direction from above isn't quite there. There's no product development process. The success of your product is very much up to how good your PM is or whatever process the team has lifted from other companies. PMs can be really clueless or junior sometimes, but other times, they're out of this world. Very metrics driven. It is frustrating to be so tied to metrics that better experiences don't ship or some really crappy product gets developed because of a metrics goal.

Meta Response

10y

Thank you for your feedback. We are glad you feel empowered with the autonomy needed to think creatively and solve problems quickly. We will be sure to share your feedback about product development. We encourage you to share this with your leadership, as well, so that your perspective is heard. - Your Friends at Facebook

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