Employee's Firsthand Comparison Of Work Culture At Google & Meta: 'For Work-Life Balance, Choose...'
If you're a techie dreaming of landing a job at major companies like Google and Meta, and you've been pondering which one might be the best fit for you, now's your chance to hear firsthand from someone who's worked at both.
Google has better work-life balance
Daniel McKinnon, who worked at Meta from 2018 to 2022 before moving to Google and then returning to Meta in February, shared his insights on his personal blog.?
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He described both companies as "phenomenal technology companies" where product managers can thrive, but noted that Google offered better work-life balance.
McKinnon mentioned that Meta is a more transparent organisation, where he regularly learns about other teams' priorities through Workplace posts and dashboards. He feels connected to the company's activities and is expected to lead frequent reviews up to the VP or C level.
On the other hand, he described Google's culture as reserved, with employees often working together for long periods. While this fosters a collegial work environment, it can also hinder the ability to question priorities or effect change quickly, which may be frustrating for product managers.
Meta is more transparent than Google
Despite offering better work-life balance, McKinnon mentioned that understanding the inner workings of Google was more challenging compared to Meta. He noted that Sundar Pichai didn't provide answers in the same manner as Mark Zuckerberg during Q&A sessions.
"It is much harder to find out what is going on inside of Google. Unlike Meta, where almost all important company information is posted to open Workplace groups, Google operates mostly via emails and chats, which aren¡¯t particularly discoverable. At the top, I never felt like Sundar was able to candidly answer TGIF questions the way Mark does at Q&A."
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"And even within an org, it was never really clear to me how decisions were made or what work execs wanted out of their PM teams. In my 18 months at Google, I signed up for office hours with a VP a few times, but I rarely got any kind of leadership feedback on my work," he wrote.
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