In 2024, Google and OpenAI stole Meta's top engineers.Instead of hiring replacements the usual way, Zuckerberg started personally emailing rival employees.
His offer?
Not $1 million.
Not $5 million.
Here’s what he’s giving them instead: 🧵👇
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1. 💰 A Custom Compensation Package Worth Over $25M
Forget standard salaries. Zuck is offering equity-heavy, ultra-lucrative deals—engineers get massive upside in Meta’s next-gen AI & metaverse divisions.
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2. 🏝️ Unlimited PTO — With No Strings Attached
Meta's top hires now get true unlimited vacation, with zero guilt and no manager approvals. Want to code from Bali? Zuck says yes.
3. 🧠 Your Own Research Lab
Engineers aren’t just employees—they’re becoming founders of internal AI labs. Full autonomy, blank checks, and no corporate red tape.
4. 🔒 Ironclad Non-Compete Breakers
Stuck in a non-compete with OpenAI or Google? Meta’s legal team will handle it—and pay whatever it takes to get you in.
5. 🧬 Custom AI Projects With Your Name on It
Work on personalized projects that align with your vision. If you invent the next GPT-level model, your name goes on the patent.
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6. 💼 Executive-Level Perks — Without the Politics
From private jets to luxury retreats to direct meetings with Zuck himself, engineers are being treated like royalty—minus the boardroom drama.
7. 🧑🚀 Fast-Tracked to CTO in 3 Years
You’re not just coding. You’re being groomed for leadership. Meta wants tech rockstars, and they’re building career ladders at rocket speed.
8. 🔮 Access to Meta’s Secret “Project Olympus”
Engineers get first access to a classified AI-mixed-reality program Meta’s been quietly building. Think Neuralink meets the Metaverse.
Conclusion: Zuck Isn’t Hiring. He’s Assembling an Avengers Team.
When rivals poached his best people, Mark Zuckerberg didn’t panic. He countered with one of the most aggressive, elite engineering offers in Silicon Valley history.
Forget ping pong tables and kombucha.
This is war — and Zuck came to win. ⚔️
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