Is Meta a good company to work for as a Software Engineerer?

Software Engineerer professionals working at Meta have rated their employer with 3.5 out of 5 stars in 3,230 Glassdoor reviews. This is an average score with the overall rating of Meta employees being 3.5 out of 5 stars. Search open Software Engineerer Jobs at Meta now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Software Engineerer interview questions at Meta .

Does Meta pay Software Engineerer employees well?

Software Engineerer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Meta with 4.6 out of 5 stars based on 3,230 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.2% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Software Engineerer salaries at Meta.

How happy are Software Engineerer professionals working at Meta?

47% of Software Engineerer employees at Meta would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 24% in the past 12 months. Software Engineerer professionals have also rated Meta with a 2.5 rating for work-life-balance, 3.4 rating for diversity and inclusion, 2.7 rating for culture and values and 3.9 rating for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

Software Engineer (3592) , Data Scientist (524) , Senior Software Engineer (481) , 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) , Research Scientist (219) , Production Engineer (218) , 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))

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Meta Software Engineerer reviews

3.5

47% would recommend to a friend

(3,230 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

39% approve of CEO

44% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.6

Compensation and benefits

3.9

Career opportunities

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

2.7

Culture & values

2.6

Senior management

2.5

Work/Life balance

Software Engineerer employees have rated Meta with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,230 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Engineerer professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Engineerer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.7 stars).

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3K reviews

3.0

Apr 21, 2026

Good salary, but layoffs happen daily

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and RSU increases a lot

Cons

Not a good time to join, termination and layoff happens every day

2.0

Apr 20, 2026

Great benefits and impactful work, but constant fear of layoffs and lack of camaraderie

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Best benefits and compensation package in the market - Work is highly impactful and scales to the billions of users. - Resume booster - Much of what you need to live is available on campus (can be a con)

Cons

- Social culture is pretty dead - In place of camaraderie, fear-based culture made for PSC and short-term impact-chasing. Kinda checks out because the company plays it quarter-by-quarter too. - You WILL get reorged at some point, often to your loss - WLB: 40 hour workweek will not get you promoted -- now important since performance criteria can change without warning. - Leadership is tone-deaf - Often siloed development work, made even more isolating thanks to AI push. - Mostly all internal tools so it'll be a bit difficult to map your experience here to external tooling

3.0

Apr 19, 2026

Neutral Experience

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Compensation, Teams, PTO, Benefits, WFH

Cons

Culture, Reorgs, Layoffs, Competition, WLB

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