Why would any candidate consider Meta for their career when the CEO flounders money and then lays off recklessly.

loeg 2 days ago | parent | next [-]

90% 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.

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nazcan 2 days ago | parent [-]

Positive 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 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> I guess it depends on how much less pay the other company is. Levels.fyi is a reasonable starting point for comparison.

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netcan 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because they offer an attractive job/package relative to other opportunities... same as any other job people take.

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Ekaros 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Making 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 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		I'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.

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citrin_ru 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Because in the current job market many job seekers will accept 1st offer after spending months looking for a job without any offers.

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upupupandaway 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I was offered $1.15m a year to work there back in 2022. That's why.

	▲	mancerayder a day ago \| parent [-]
		and you said no?

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igleria 2 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Facilitates legal immigration. At least that was my case (not at Meta thankfully).

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derwiki 2 days ago | parent | prev [-]

The comp is really good.