Meta Software Developer reviews

3.5

48% would recommend to a friend

(3,281 total reviews)
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Mark Zuckerberg

40% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Software Developer employees have rated Meta with 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 3,281 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Developer professionals have a good working experience there. Meta is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the IT (Information Technology) industry (3.9 stars).

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3K reviews
2.0
Mar 23, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- strong brand name on resume - decent pay

Cons

- constant thrash - comp hasn't kept pace with other competitors - bad wlb - robotic coworkers

4.0
Mar 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Great work life balance, lots of mentorship and learning, cutting edge work, fast career growth, not too much hierarchy, culture of helping each other and collaboration

Cons

Lots of empire building, increasingly worse politics and reliability issues, people are laser focused on their promotions and not getting fired which erodes culture of learning and collaboration, every year they cut our pay and benefits, very team dependent. I’m incredibly lucky with my team but majority of teams here are toxic and bad and it’s hard to know how your experience will be. Try to stay in infra, and as deep in the stack as you can. Don’t work directly for MSL it’s an absolute shitshow. Don’t work for AI/ML infra or fb or instagram (any product roles/product infra). They’re the first to get hit by layoffs and they also have horrible leadership that whips people like slaves, lots of busywork and little credit, everyone is cut throat and fending for themselves

1.0
Mar 21, 2026

Good growth

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Good growth, tech stack, pay

Cons

Toxic work culture, horrible management

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