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Meta Rescinding Offers Now

saddist0 4y ago
It looks like an one off case based on this thread. Title saying "offers" seems misleading.
- theodric 4y ago
  Rhetorical pluralization is a plague
anon97657 4y ago
This could be unrelated: I was interviewing with them recently, had a technical interview scheduled, and then out of the blue last week they emailed me and told me they were discontinuing the process as they had now filled all positions... this was not the result of an interview, a had already "passed" the previous one and scheduled the next. I assumed it must have been something about me (and it still could be), but the timing of this is interesting. I am also in Canada which is where the person was told the hiring situation had changed.
- victorhn 4y ago
  Same scenario for me. I am on the USA. It looks like there is hiring freeze going on.
- _tom_ 4y ago
  I received a "we have filled all positions" email from them and I have not been interviewing, or even responding to their emails.
  - majesticmerc 4y ago
    Same. I had been casually talking with a Meta recruiter via email (no interesting opportunities discussed). This week I got an email telling me they were stopping contact because there were no jobs available anymore that fit my "experience and qualifications". I knew they had a hiring freeze recently, so I assume that is why I got that email.
- querulous 4y ago
  i'm in canada and same situation. i was interviewing for e6 and i found out my interviews had been cancelled when i logged into the recruiting portal to confirm my schedule i still haven't received any email about it
- DanielVZ 4y ago
  Same here, but I required VISA sponsorship (or Canada's equivalent) and received the "had roles filled" before the first interview. I thought that they had prioritized people that didn't need sponsorship. The strange thing is that now they followed up with another offer to join their Rotational SWE Programme. By that time I had already heard about the hiring freeze and figured the recruiters are trying to circumvent the freeze. We'll see how that goes...
- phendrenad2 4y ago
  Pretty much everyone who has ever interviewed with Facebook got that email last week, heh
maa5444 4y ago
spa3thyb 4y ago
Suggested title change: 'Meta rescinded their offer letter to me'
google234123 4y ago
This was a contractor I think.
- ensan 4y ago
  No.
rubyist5eva 4y ago
Trust me bud, Canada is not a place you want to come to right now unless you want to spend $500 per month to sleep in a hallway. Housing prices and inflation here is out of control. I know people that are going back to India because it’s so bad here and not what they were sold when they were convinced to come here for “opportunity”.
- jhugo 4y ago
  Wouldn't they just ... spend more than $500 per month ... to not sleep in a hallway? OP was interviewing for Meta, they should be able to afford rather more than $500 per month.
  - rubyist5eva 4y ago
    Meta salaries are not really competitive, frankly. In Canada at least. A small 350 sqft 1 bedroom in Toronto is very expensive given the salary of junior positions.
    - jhugo 4y ago
      Yeah, okay, but 500 bucks a month?
      - rubyist5eva 4y ago
        Housing supply is incredibly low and fiercely competitive, some people I've personally spoken to literally had no other choice but to "rent a hallway".
- joeman1000 4y ago
  Shit, let me check out a place for $500/mo please? All jokes aside, ‘da west’ as a land of opportunity, pioneering spirit, freedom, milk, honey… is gone. There are too many people now for it to work effectively. An increasing amount of people are fighting for the same resources that aren’t becoming more abundant. ‘Constant growth’ is not the reality now.
kory 4y ago
Not really a rescinding of a signed offer for business reasons, since the person in question didn’t get a Visa. The offer would have had to be rescinded regardless. Looks more like they weren’t able to get a Canadian offer letter approved, since it fills a different HC in Canada. Really awful situation but the title of this post implies more than I think is really happening.
ensan 4y ago
There is currently a hiring freeze at Meta for most positions but this rescinding case was mostly caused by visa lottery problems it seems like.
shazzdeeds 4y ago
Looks like there was internal pressure at Meta to reverse the reversal once this got traction. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zhuozhuo_update-yesterday-afternoon-meta-told-me-activity-6928755925323313153-Cxkl https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zhuozhuo_update-yesterday-aft...
- adastra22 4y ago
  This is why it pays to not burn bridges. He thanked Meta in the first post, and didn’t blame them.

It looks like an one off case based on this thread. Title saying "offers" seems misleading.

theodric 4y ago
Rhetorical pluralization is a plague

This could be unrelated: I was interviewing with them recently, had a technical interview scheduled, and then out of the blue last week they emailed me and told me they were discontinuing the process as they had now filled all positions... this was not the result of an interview, a had already "passed" the previous one and scheduled the next. I assumed it must have been something about me (and it still could be), but the timing of this is interesting. I am also in Canada which is where the person was told the hiring situation had changed.

victorhn 4y ago
Same scenario for me. I am on the USA. It looks like there is hiring freeze going on.
_tom_ 4y ago
I received a "we have filled all positions" email from them and I have not been interviewing, or even responding to their emails.
- majesticmerc 4y ago
  Same. I had been casually talking with a Meta recruiter via email (no interesting opportunities discussed). This week I got an email telling me they were stopping contact because there were no jobs available anymore that fit my "experience and qualifications". I knew they had a hiring freeze recently, so I assume that is why I got that email.
querulous 4y ago
i'm in canada and same situation. i was interviewing for e6 and i found out my interviews had been cancelled when i logged into the recruiting portal to confirm my schedule i still haven't received any email about it
DanielVZ 4y ago
Same here, but I required VISA sponsorship (or Canada's equivalent) and received the "had roles filled" before the first interview. I thought that they had prioritized people that didn't need sponsorship. The strange thing is that now they followed up with another offer to join their Rotational SWE Programme. By that time I had already heard about the hiring freeze and figured the recruiters are trying to circumvent the freeze. We'll see how that goes...
phendrenad2 4y ago
Pretty much everyone who has ever interviewed with Facebook got that email last week, heh

maa5444 4y ago

spa3thyb 4y ago

Suggested title change: 'Meta rescinded their offer letter to me'

google234123 4y ago

This was a contractor I think.

ensan 4y ago
No.

rubyist5eva 4y ago

Trust me bud, Canada is not a place you want to come to right now unless you want to spend $500 per month to sleep in a hallway. Housing prices and inflation here is out of control. I know people that are going back to India because it’s so bad here and not what they were sold when they were convinced to come here for “opportunity”.

jhugo 4y ago
Wouldn't they just ... spend more than $500 per month ... to not sleep in a hallway? OP was interviewing for Meta, they should be able to afford rather more than $500 per month.
- rubyist5eva 4y ago
  Meta salaries are not really competitive, frankly. In Canada at least. A small 350 sqft 1 bedroom in Toronto is very expensive given the salary of junior positions.
  - jhugo 4y ago
    Yeah, okay, but 500 bucks a month?
    - rubyist5eva 4y ago
      Housing supply is incredibly low and fiercely competitive, some people I've personally spoken to literally had no other choice but to "rent a hallway".
joeman1000 4y ago
Shit, let me check out a place for $500/mo please? All jokes aside, ‘da west’ as a land of opportunity, pioneering spirit, freedom, milk, honey… is gone. There are too many people now for it to work effectively. An increasing amount of people are fighting for the same resources that aren’t becoming more abundant. ‘Constant growth’ is not the reality now.

kory 4y ago

Not really a rescinding of a signed offer for business reasons, since the person in question didn’t get a Visa. The offer would have had to be rescinded regardless. Looks more like they weren’t able to get a Canadian offer letter approved, since it fills a different HC in Canada. Really awful situation but the title of this post implies more than I think is really happening.

ensan 4y ago

There is currently a hiring freeze at Meta for most positions but this rescinding case was mostly caused by visa lottery problems it seems like.

shazzdeeds 4y ago

Looks like there was internal pressure at Meta to reverse the reversal once this got traction. https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zhuozhuo_update-yesterday-afternoon-meta-told-me-activity-6928755925323313153-Cxkl https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zhuozhuo_update-yesterday-aft...

adastra22 4y ago
This is why it pays to not burn bridges. He thanked Meta in the first post, and didn’t blame them.