Meta Software Engineer reviews

3.5

46% would recommend to a friend

(3,307 total reviews)
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Mark Zuckerberg

38% approve of CEO

46% positive business outlook

Software Engineer, employees have rated Meta with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,307 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineer, professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineer, professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Mar 20, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

1. You work like in startup culture 2. Complete freedom

Cons

1. Have to be very fast to be up to date

2.0
Mar 20, 2026

It's a meat grinder

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great for resume as it gives you lots of attention with recruiters

Cons

Bad for morale. Constant threat of layoffs

4.0
Mar 19, 2026

Great pay, high stress

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Great pay, coworkers, interesting tech challenges

Cons

High pressure to perform. Can be team dependent on how well you succeed. A lot of red tape to get projects approved

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