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I work at Facebook and we have a bi-yearly satisfaction survey. Trust in zuck's management is probably the highest metric, up there with agreeing with the globa

I work at Facebook and we have a bi-yearly satisfaction survey. Trust in zuck's management is probably the highest metric, up there with agreeing with the global mission of the company (which is to connect people). I'd say he's one of the strong reason why people stay in the company even with the non-stopping bad news cycle. Don't think that what you see outside reflects what really happens inside. What I personally see inside: all of the issues that make the news are discussed openly, privacy issues are addressed on day one during bootcamp, and addressed weekly via trainings, zuck answering questions at the Q&A, communications, etc. What people tend to forget is that Facebook is a pretty large company, due to its scale, and it only takes a few fuck ups to end up with a bad news article. While I realize that we need the public scrutiny to keep ourselves honest, it also seems a bit disconnected from what is truly happening internally.

person_of_color 6y ago
Paying top of market also helps
- throwawayobyy 6y ago
  I hear this often, but honestly even with a low pay people don't leave their job unless they at their core disagree fundamentally with the ethics of the company, and I don't know many people at FB who disagree fundamentally with the company. Sure there are people who are not happy with some of the decisions the company take, and they argue openly or challenge management about that, but a company can't make everyone happy and I'm happy that they at least give us transparency and the opportunity to express ourselves and challenge them when we don't agree. In other companies you would probably get kicked out if you didn't show open support in whatever decision they take, and worse if you start talking politics.
matchbok 6y ago
Yeah, none of that matters. What matters is the harm FB is doing to the country. Only companies that do shitty things need to have that much "training". Think about that.
- throwawayobyy 6y ago
  I don't agree, and obviously a lot of people working for FB don't agree as well, but it is your right to think that what we're doing is shitty while ignoring all the upside and how the world has changed in a positive way through social networks.
- oopsididitagai 6y ago
  What kind of ignorant and baseless comment is this? Adds nothing to the discussion, provides no data and yet states a 'fact', not unlike trump, attacking a company. Did you know: 1) doctors 2) banks 3) professors Three of the most important pillars of a country, have more training hours than a random tech company. How about you quit blabbing and go back to school and learn to form proper sentences. Think about that.
oxfordmale 6y ago
This is what I hear very often about Facebook: Toxic culture. Poorly designed performance reviews that lead to a competitive environment and people working towards getting a better assessment, not building better products. Regarding the high trust in Zuck's management, the grape vine suggests you won't last long at Facebook if you do not perceive Zuck as a semi God, so that might well be a self selecting bias.

person_of_color 6y ago

Paying top of market also helps

throwawayobyy 6y ago
I hear this often, but honestly even with a low pay people don't leave their job unless they at their core disagree fundamentally with the ethics of the company, and I don't know many people at FB who disagree fundamentally with the company. Sure there are people who are not happy with some of the decisions the company take, and they argue openly or challenge management about that, but a company can't make everyone happy and I'm happy that they at least give us transparency and the opportunity to express ourselves and challenge them when we don't agree. In other companies you would probably get kicked out if you didn't show open support in whatever decision they take, and worse if you start talking politics.

matchbok 6y ago

Yeah, none of that matters. What matters is the harm FB is doing to the country. Only companies that do shitty things need to have that much "training". Think about that.

throwawayobyy 6y ago
I don't agree, and obviously a lot of people working for FB don't agree as well, but it is your right to think that what we're doing is shitty while ignoring all the upside and how the world has changed in a positive way through social networks.
oopsididitagai 6y ago
What kind of ignorant and baseless comment is this? Adds nothing to the discussion, provides no data and yet states a 'fact', not unlike trump, attacking a company. Did you know: 1) doctors 2) banks 3) professors Three of the most important pillars of a country, have more training hours than a random tech company. How about you quit blabbing and go back to school and learn to form proper sentences. Think about that.

oxfordmale 6y ago

This is what I hear very often about Facebook: Toxic culture. Poorly designed performance reviews that lead to a competitive environment and people working towards getting a better assessment, not building better products. Regarding the high trust in Zuck's management, the grape vine suggests you won't last long at Facebook if you do not perceive Zuck as a semi God, so that might well be a self selecting bias.