Um, can I work at Facebook?

[pressboxramblings07]

Check out these benefits:

Insurance: To make your life easier, Facebook pays 100% of employee benefit premiums and 50% of any dependent premiums in the United States. This includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability coverage, as well as the Employee Assistance Program. We also provide 50% reimbursement of most monthly gym fees. We comply with local regulations in all non-U.S. locations.

For the parents: Facebook offers all eligible full-time, U.S. employees up to 4 months of Paid Parental Leave to attend to the birth or adoptive placement of your child. While an employee is on Paid Parental Leave, Facebook will continue your health benefits, stock vesting, 401 (k), gym membership and Purple Tie as if you had continued to work full-time. Facebook also will provide $4,000 baby cash to all new custodial parents who are full-time U.S. employees at the time of birth or placement.

Daycare: All full-time regular employees who have one or more children age 5 or under at any point during the calendar year (incurred after your start date) are eligible to be reimbursed for up to $3,000 toward day care/babysitting assistance per year.

Time off
Paid Time Off (PTO): We know that passion and commitment has to be paired with rest and balance. We offer 21 days of paid vacation to make sure you take a break once in a while.
Sick Time and Holidays: If you're sick, stay home and get better (unlimited sick days.) There are also 11 paid holidays observed at Facebook.

Food: This may be our most awesome perk. Facebook provides microkitchens and lots of great, free snacks at just about all its major worldwide locations. At our Palo Alto headquarters, we also offer free breakfast, lunch and dinner at our Cafe. Whether you're looking for healthy salads, hearty world cuisine from countries such as Belize and India, or just a couple slices of pizza, Chef Josef and his team of culinary geniuses make it happen every day.

http://www.facebook.com/careers/perks.php

Don't get me wrong ... the benefits at my place are pretty good. But I've never heard of a company with stuff like this.

 

[forever_town]

And I thought the benefits at my new place were great.

They are, but Facebook's take the cake. I'd love to work there.

 

[copperpot]

Check out these benefits:

Insurance: To make your life easier, Facebook pays 100% of employee benefit premiums and 50% of any dependent premiums in the United States. This includes medical, dental, vision, life insurance and disability coverage, as well as the Employee Assistance Program. We also provide 50% reimbursement of most monthly gym fees. We comply with local regulations in all non-U.S. locations.

For the parents: Facebook offers all eligible full-time, U.S. employees up to 4 months of Paid Parental Leave to attend to the birth or adoptive placement of your child. While an employee is on Paid Parental Leave, Facebook will continue your health benefits, stock vesting, 401 (k), gym membership and Purple Tie as if you had continued to work full-time. Facebook also will provide $4,000 baby cash to all new custodial parents who are full-time U.S. employees at the time of birth or placement.

Daycare: All full-time regular employees who have one or more children age 5 or under at any point during the calendar year (incurred after your start date) are eligible to be reimbursed for up to $3,000 toward day care/babysitting assistance per year.

Time off
Paid Time Off (PTO): We know that passion and commitment has to be paired with rest and balance. We offer 21 days of paid vacation to make sure you take a break once in a while.
Sick Time and Holidays: If you're sick, stay home and get better (unlimited sick days.) There are also 11 paid holidays observed at Facebook.

Food: This may be our most awesome perk. Facebook provides microkitchens and lots of great, free snacks at just about all its major worldwide locations. At our Palo Alto headquarters, we also offer free breakfast, lunch and dinner at our Cafe. Whether you're looking for healthy salads, hearty world cuisine from countries such as Belize and India, or just a couple slices of pizza, Chef Josef and his team of culinary geniuses make it happen every day.

http://www.facebook.com/careers/perks.php

Don't get me wrong ... the benefits at my place are pretty good. But I've never heard of a company with stuff like this.

Wow. And I'll tell you what, Facebook. You can keep the food. That's definitely wouldn't be the best part of all that for me.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

where do i sign up?

 

[Diabeetus]

The only comparable one I've seen is Teh Google!

 

[HejiraHenry]

And I thought the benefits at my new place were great.

They are, but the GM factory job circa 1985 takes the cake. I'd love to work there.

 

[playthrough]

Can't imagine why not, Buckdub, when they're shelling out 100k per year per person in benefits and chow.

 

[amraeder]

Can't imagine why not, Buckdub, when they're shelling out 100k per year per person in benefits and chow.

Their (apparent) lack of a business model probably hurts more.

 

[playthrough]

I did just friend Chef Josef, however.

 

[mediaguy]

There's nothing there about furloughs or pay freezes. And what exactly are employer 401k contributions?

 

[BYH]

Can't imagine why not, Buckdub, when they're shelling out 100k per year per person in benefits and chow.

Their (apparent) lack of a business model probably hurts more.

Oh be quiet. Everyone's going to make money!!! The Internet is the future! [/internet startups circa 2000]

 

[JackReacher]

There are a handful of companies in the DC area that offer cool **** like that. One place I interviewed with last year gave unlimited vacation time, and they meant it. I have a friend who works there and although she doesn't make the salary she'd want in 20 years, she's more than happy to work there 20 years simply because of the bennies.

The company has a video game room to blow off steam, and there are ski trips, river rafting trips, etc...every few months.

Just an awesome place to work and be creative. No dress code. The day I interviewed, I wore khakis and a golf shirt and I was over-dressed. Big time. One of the eight people I interviewed with asked why I had my shirt tucked it. Told me to untuck it. Be comfortable.

People rode their skateboards though the office.

Just a silly workplace environment. And they're making money, too. Not as much as before, but still turning a profit from what I hear.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Patagonia's HQ has similar benefits. I'd let Chef amputate one of my toes to work there.

 

[mustangj17]

Too bad they're still not turning a profit.

It's not important when your company can be sold at any moment for about a trillion dollars.

 

[RickStain]

Too bad they're still not turning a profit.

It's not important when your company can be sold at any moment for about a trillion dollars.

They should really sell it now. It amazes me how nobody learned their lessons from the last round of startup busts.

 

[93Devil]

Too bad they're still not turning a profit.

It's not important when your company can be sold at any moment for about a trillion dollars.

And then what happens to your job?

You would hopefully get rich off of that stock vesting.

I know doing anything with the internet is a risk, but I will say that teens and pre-teens do not email each other. They have email accounts because old people do.

Guess how they communicate? And Myspace seems to be the Beta to Facebook's VHS,

 

[RickStain]

You would hopefully get rich off of that stock vesting.

I know doing anything with the internet is a risk, but I will say that teens and pre-teens do not email each other. They have email accounts because old people do.

Guess how they communicate? And Myspace seems to be the Beta to Facebook's VHS,

The fundamental problem of the internet: How do you turn eyeballs into profit?

Teens use facebook to message, they use it to post blogs, they use it to host photos. All of that sucks up a ton of money in bandwidth while producing a pittance in ad revenue.

 

[93Devil]

You would hopefully get rich off of that stock vesting.

I know doing anything with the internet is a risk, but I will say that teens and pre-teens do not email each other. They have email accounts because old people do.

Guess how they communicate? And Myspace seems to be the Beta to Facebook's VHS,

The fundamental problem of the internet: How do you turn eyeballs into profit?

Teens use facebook to message, they use it to post blogs, they use it to host photos. All of that sucks up a ton of money in bandwidth while producing a pittance in ad revenue.

I guess the same way CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX have. You just have to be dominant enough to corner the market, and online, that is not that easy.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

Too bad they're still not turning a profit.

It's not important when your company can be sold at any moment for about a trillion dollars.

And then what happens to your job?

You would hopefully get rich off of that stock vesting.

I know doing anything with the internet is a risk, but I will say that teens and pre-teens do not email each other. They have email accounts because old people do.

Guess how they communicate? And Myspace seems to be the Beta to Facebook's VHS,

So what's the DVD to Facebook's VHS?

 

[RickStain]

I guess the same way CBS, NBC, ABC and FOX have. You just have to be dominant enough to corner the market, and online, that is not that easy.

Not quite. People will pay a lot more for TV ads than they will for internet ads.