Does Meta pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Meta employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.5 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Meta. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Meta?

49% of Meta employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Meta 2.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 3.6 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Meta?

Software Engineer (3589) , Data Scientist (523) , Senior Software Engineer (478) , Product Manager (391) , Software Engineer(Internship) (352) , Program Manager (350) , Technical Sourcer (346) , Data Engineer (328) , Project Manager (261) , Account Manager (239) , Recruiter (236) , Software Engineer Intern (227) , 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 2335 reviews)); "The people are great and you won’t see any of the same perks at other companies." ((in 1997 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 1503 reviews)); "1) Work with the best 2) Always get challenged but in a positive way 3) Caring environment 4) good salary" ((in 708 reviews)); "Free food and Life@ expenses are nice" ((in 650 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 1017 reviews)); "PSC (Performance Summary Cycle) is pretty intense and there are frequent layoffs which mostly has nothing to do with your performance" ((in 809 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 396 reviews)); "Politics and poor leadership in the mid" ((in 358 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 222 reviews))

What are employees saying about Meta layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Meta layoffs and their outlook for job security at Meta in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Meta locations?

Paris , Flers , Parthenay , Gif , Marseille

Meta reviews

3.5

49% would recommend to a friend

(18,269 total reviews)

Mark Zuckerberg

37% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (18,269 reviews)

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Meta has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 18,269 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Meta employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Informatique industry (3.9 stars).

Reviews by job title

18K reviews

5.0

Aug 29, 2017

very productive company

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Outgoing, fun, hard working and very fullfiling

Cons

hard work , time pressing but its still facebook

4.0

Aug 28, 2017

Flat structure, very transparent (varies with teams)

Public content

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Encourages uncommon ideas, move fast and break things

Cons

Heard of a completely different environment from friends/ex employees on other teams.

4.0

Aug 25, 2017

My time with Facebook was pretty decent. They have more jobs today that I'm watching out for. Great workplace.

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The PROs are the people you're working with and things you're capable of learning so quickly. Any pace is what works best for you.

Cons

They are really no cons. The jobs now are more tech or engineering. Allowing more jobs that bring in a variety of people will do you guys justice.

Viewing 17341 - 17343 of 18,269 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Amazon

3.7★Compensation & Benefits

Google

4.5★Compensation & Benefits

TikTok

3.6★Compensation & Benefits

3.9★Compensation & Benefits

Jobs at Meta

Research Scientist, Machine Learning

Paris

View job

Research Program Manager, Academic Relations

Paris

View job

Research Scientist, AI Verification

Paris

View job

Research Scientist, AI, Formal and informal Reasoning

Paris

View job

Staff Research Scientist, FAIR (RL / LLM's)

Paris

View job

Meta

Meta reviews

Company ratings over time

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

very productive company

Flat structure, very transparent (varies with teams)

My time with Facebook was pretty decent. They have more jobs today that I'm watching out for. Great workplace.

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Jobs at Meta

Meta reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Meta reviews FAQs

Jobs at Meta

Company ratings over time