| I've worked at Facebook, and have a pretty strong relationship with the people at Palantir. I can outline some of the differences. 1. The food is much better at Facebook, but there's a much wider variety of non-perishable foods and drinks at Palantir. 2. Palantir has multiple game rooms with every piece of equipment possible, including the high-end Rock Band kits and dual projectors. Facebook has a 60" monitor and a Roland electronic drum kit hooked up to the X-Box, and is mostly community-maintained. 3. Facebook has parking, and a San Francisco shuttle. 4. Facebook's standard issue computer is the high-end Macbook and a 30" monitor. Palantir's standard issue is a desktop with multiple (3-4) monitors. 5. Palantir has a team called "Ops" that basically does any non-engineering grunt-work that helps your job, like moving your desk or equipment, getting snacks, etc. 6. Both offer free dry-cleaning. 7. Palantir has a lot of comped off-site events, like spa treatment, movie nights, and so on. I couldn't say I could choose one over the other. In my opinion, the differences are relatively minor compared to whether you want to work with Enterprise vs. Web, large vs. small, evil vs. slightly less evil, or the company you'd keep. |