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I work at Meta. 1) Work with top minds in ML 2) Money But I have enough money now and no amount of more money (that Meta could reasonably offer for my role) w

I work at Meta. 1) Work with top minds in ML 2) Money But I have enough money now and no amount of more money (that Meta could reasonably offer for my role) would make it worth staying. This place sucks now.

cj 4mo ago
Why do you stay?
- deleted 4mo ago
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hirvi74 4mo ago
Do you think both are worth the harms your company is causing to the rest of the world?
- mrhottakes 4mo ago
  Actions speak. Of course they do.
- rsweeney21 4mo ago
  I work in integrity (keeping bad stuff off the platform). My job is to reduce the harm Meta causes. So I'm at peace with myself. I don't think I could work in any other area of Meta though.
  - Sohcahtoa82 4mo ago
    Cool. Maybe you can tell me why when I reported a private message that was like "Looking for a super easy part-time job? Earn $100-$10000 per day working from anywhere! [...]" as spam, I got a response that the message didn't go against community standards and no action was being taken.
sillysaurusx 4mo ago
Are you brave, or ready to resign by posting publicly that your current employer sucks? Either way, it’s wild watching several people in this thread literally not care if they get fired. I guess the article really is accurate. Maybe I’m miscalibrated, but “I work at X. This place sucks” has never been a safe thing to say openly, so it’s interesting seeing it from multiple people here. Plus there’s the usual angle of people not wanting to hire someone that’s willing to publicly trash their current employer. Will you be as vocal next job? Don’t get me wrong, I respect that you’re outspoken. It’s just very twilight zone, so I’m trying to figure out the implications.
- pixl97 4mo ago
  I mean, from the post it sounds like they already have a bank account large enough to say what they want without any repercussions having any side effects, such as unemployment. Also, not all future employers are totally worried about that, especially when those that were doing the speaking have a very wanted set of skills. Quite often the future employer is like "Oh yea, everyone knows Meta/FB is balls, glad you pointed it out", especially in the case they are much smaller than the mega company.
- jmye 4mo ago
  > Plus there’s the usual angle of people not wanting to hire someone that’s willing to publicly trash their current employer. Will you be as vocal next job? Someone at Meta saying it sucks publicly and that they no longer want to be there would be a positive hiring signal for many people.
  - sillysaurusx 4mo ago
    Good point, that makes sense. It happens to be a special case, so they’re saying it here. But in general very few will probably be saying “this place sucks” about their employer.
    - delis-thumbs-7e 4mo ago
      Good (or at least smart) employers pay quite a lot of money on quarterly anonymised surveys precisely to hear what their employees truly think about the company. I think some shareholders care about those numbers as well enough to want to see them. Of course there is a difference between saying what is obvious to anyone interested anyway (like above) and crying publicly over some petty grievance. Besides, if the company only seeks spineless lackeys would you want to work there anyway?
dominotw 4mo ago
If you are working with top minds in ML then you must be a top mind yourself that can get equal or more money at any of the ai labs. So i doubt you are really "working with" top minds at ml meta.

cj 4mo ago

Why do you stay?

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hirvi74 4mo ago

Do you think both are worth the harms your company is causing to the rest of the world?

mrhottakes 4mo ago
Actions speak. Of course they do.
rsweeney21 4mo ago
I work in integrity (keeping bad stuff off the platform). My job is to reduce the harm Meta causes. So I'm at peace with myself. I don't think I could work in any other area of Meta though.
- Sohcahtoa82 4mo ago
  Cool. Maybe you can tell me why when I reported a private message that was like "Looking for a super easy part-time job? Earn $100-$10000 per day working from anywhere! [...]" as spam, I got a response that the message didn't go against community standards and no action was being taken.

sillysaurusx 4mo ago

Are you brave, or ready to resign by posting publicly that your current employer sucks? Either way, it’s wild watching several people in this thread literally not care if they get fired. I guess the article really is accurate. Maybe I’m miscalibrated, but “I work at X. This place sucks” has never been a safe thing to say openly, so it’s interesting seeing it from multiple people here. Plus there’s the usual angle of people not wanting to hire someone that’s willing to publicly trash their current employer. Will you be as vocal next job? Don’t get me wrong, I respect that you’re outspoken. It’s just very twilight zone, so I’m trying to figure out the implications.

pixl97 4mo ago
I mean, from the post it sounds like they already have a bank account large enough to say what they want without any repercussions having any side effects, such as unemployment. Also, not all future employers are totally worried about that, especially when those that were doing the speaking have a very wanted set of skills. Quite often the future employer is like "Oh yea, everyone knows Meta/FB is balls, glad you pointed it out", especially in the case they are much smaller than the mega company.
jmye 4mo ago
> Plus there’s the usual angle of people not wanting to hire someone that’s willing to publicly trash their current employer. Will you be as vocal next job? Someone at Meta saying it sucks publicly and that they no longer want to be there would be a positive hiring signal for many people.
- sillysaurusx 4mo ago
  Good point, that makes sense. It happens to be a special case, so they’re saying it here. But in general very few will probably be saying “this place sucks” about their employer.
  - delis-thumbs-7e 4mo ago
    Good (or at least smart) employers pay quite a lot of money on quarterly anonymised surveys precisely to hear what their employees truly think about the company. I think some shareholders care about those numbers as well enough to want to see them. Of course there is a difference between saying what is obvious to anyone interested anyway (like above) and crying publicly over some petty grievance. Besides, if the company only seeks spineless lackeys would you want to work there anyway?

dominotw 4mo ago

If you are working with top minds in ML then you must be a top mind yourself that can get equal or more money at any of the ai labs. So i doubt you are really "working with" top minds at ml meta.