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Why would any candidate consider Meta for their career when the CEO flounders money and then lays off recklessly.
by sidcool 6mo ago
Why would any candidate consider Meta for their career when the CEO flounders money and then lays off recklessly.
- netcan 6mo agoBecause they offer an attractive job/package relative to other opportunities... same as any other job people take.
- loeg 6mo ago90% of employees aren't getting laid off and continue to earn top of market pay. Even if you think layoffs are distributed randomly (they aren't), that has positive EV.
- nazcan 6mo agoPositive EV for the employees vs. another company that pay less and has less lay-offs (assuming random)? I guess it depends on how much less pay the other company is...
- loeg 6mo ago> I guess it depends on how much less pay the other company is. Levels.fyi is a reasonable starting point for comparison.
- Ekaros 6mo agoMaking it 2-5 years there sounds like reasonable pile of money. And I don't think getting fired in one of these big layoff rounds is too big black mark.
- phantom784 6mo agoI've not worked at Meta, but I was at a similar scale of company for 2 years before being let go. Once you factor in RSUs, they essentially paid double what I've ever made anywhere else. Knowing how volatile those sorts of positions can be, I just saved & invested all the extra, which worked out quite well.
- citrin_ru 6mo agoBecause in the current job market many job seekers will accept 1st offer after spending months looking for a job without any offers.
- igleria 6mo agoFacilitates legal immigration. At least that was my case (not at Meta thankfully).
- derwiki 6mo agoThe comp is really good.
- upupupandaway 6mo agoI was offered $1.15m a year to work there back in 2022. That's why.
- mancerayder 6mo agoand you said no?
- upupupandaway 5mo agothey interviewed me for a generic role and placed me on Reality Labs, and I had a hunch it would go down swiftly (org was decimated 9 months later) so I didn't go.