Critics say Meta’s performance review culture is hurting engineering

mgill25 · x · 2026-07-28

A post reacting to Gergely Orosz’s thread says this is the kind of thing the author “absolutely hates” about tech culture — and has seen at multiple companies, not just Meta.

The quoted thread argues that Meta’s performance review system is becoming harmful to engineering culture, with engineers optimizing heavily for internal performance metrics rather than broader impact.

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