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Our Experience Working With Meta Employees

Our team has a wealth of experience in working with clients at Meta. If you work at Meta, it's likely you've been granted stock as part of your overall compensation package. We’ve helped product managers make decisions around their RSUs, engineers add after-tax contributions to their 401(k)s. And we've designed Financial Life Plans® that are tailormade for Meta employees to achieve their goals.


Our Role In Your Financial Life

A big part of our role in guiding is  helping you understand your wide-ranging benefits and how each benefit connects to the rest of your financial life.

We recognize each of our clients has their own agenda, whether that is owning real estate or creating a work-optional lifestyle, and we work with you to ensure you are truly maximizing your benefits to help get you there.

Ready to learn more? Register for an upcoming webinar.


"Designing Your Financial Life Plan®"

Hosted by: Gideon Drucker, CFP®, AIF®, Equity Compensation Associate®

March 12th 2024 at 6:00pm

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Your Drucker Wealth Builder Planning Team:

Gideon Drucker, CFP® AIF® ECA
Certified Financial Planner™
Equity Compensation Associate 
Accredited Investment Fiduciary

Author, HENRY Syndrome®

Autumn Lax, CFP® AIF®
Certified Financial Planner™
Accredited Investment Fiduciary
Karina Karazhbey
Director, Financial Planning Division

Meet the rest of our incredible team here!

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How Do Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) work at Meta?

An equity grant of Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) is the primary way that Meta employees receive Meta stock. One unit of Restricted Stock conveys your right to receive one common share of Meta stock at a specific time in the future according to a designated “vesting” schedule.   

Once your shares vest, you own the shares outright just like anyone else that owns Meta Stock. There is a possibility you may have to hold the stock for a period of time due to the company’s insider trading policy.  

What is Meta's RSU Vesting Schedule?

Most clients we’ve seen at Meta have vesting schedules that operate under the 3-4 year semi-annual schedule.  

Here’s Meta's vesting schedule: 

  • Year 1: 25% 

  • Year 2: 25% 

  • Year 3: 25% 

  • Year 4: 25%

So the same 100 shares at Meta would be paid out like this: 

  • Beginning of Year 1 | 25% payout for initial grant: 25 shares

  • Beginning of Year 2 | 25% payout for Year 1: 25 shares 

  • Beginning of Year 3 | 25% payout for Year 2: 25 shares 

  • Beginning of Year 4 | 25% payout for year 3: 25 shares



Understanding Your 401(k) & IRA Retirement Savings Plans at Meta

Meta has a 401(k) Retirement Plan offered through Fidelity. The money you choose to set aside for retirement can either be deducted from your pay before taxes in three ways; Traditional 401(k) contributions or on an after-tax basis as Roth 401(k) contributions or non-Roth after-tax contributions. 


Breaking Down The Tax Treatment of Each Contribution Option:

Traditional Pre-tax contributions + Meta Match

Pre-tax contributions, match & earnings grow tax deferred. Meta matches dollar for dollar up to 50% of the IRS Federal Limit. For someone who is under 50, in 2022 this means Meta will match up to $10,250.

Pay taxes when you withdraw your money in retirement. 

👉 Pay tax later.

Roth Contributions:

Pay tax on the money you put in today. Earnings and contributions grow tax free. 

Withdraw your money tax free in retirement. 

👉 Pay tax now.

After-Tax contributions:
Pay tax on the money you put in today and withdraw your contributions tax-free, pay taxes on the related earnings.  *See below for Mega Backdoor Roth information.

👉 Pay some tax now, and some tax later.


Meta 401(k) Automatic Enrollment:

Meta employees are automatically enrolled in the Traditional 401(k) at a rate of 10% from your pay and performance bonus on a pre-tax basis as a pre-tax Deferral Contribution for you.  

You will also be automatically enrolled in an annual increase program to gradually raise your contribution rate from your pay (but not your performance bonus) by 1% each year. 

You can change these parameters by logging in to your accounts at netbenefits.com/Meta 401k or Contact Fidelity at 800-835-5097.


Contribution Limits For Your Meta 401(k):

The IRS imposes limits on the money that you can contribute to your 401(k). 

Your contributions to the Traditional (Pre-Tax ) and the Roth accounts cannot exceed $20,500 per year combined.

For example, you can contribute $20,500 Traditional to your Meta 401(k) or $20,500 to your Roth 401(k), or $10,000 to the Traditional and $10,500 to the Roth, but the aggregate can be no more than $20,500. 

Helpful tip: if you moved to Meta midway through the year, your contributions at your previous firm count as part of this $20,500 so it’s important to include those figures in determining your eligibility.

After-Tax Contributions at Meta:

Meta also has an After-Tax 401(k) that you can contribute money into ON TOP OF the $20,500 that we’ve already discussed. 

The IRS allows you (as an employee) to contribute a maximum of $58,000 to your 401(k) across all contribution types. This includes: Traditional (Pre-tax) + Roth contributions, + company match + the After-Tax portion.

(Important reminder: an After-Tax 401(k) is separate and different from contributing to the Roth 401(k) as we’ve described it above.)

Mega Backdoor Roth IRA at Meta:

Here’s why we LOVE Meta's plan & in particular what you can do to maximize it. 

You can do what is called an in-plan conversion and convert these After-Tax dollars into the actual Roth 401(k) plan (a tax-free maneuver).

Then these funds won’t just grow tax-deferred, those earnings will also be tax-free when you take the money out in retirement (just like all other Roth accounts!) 

This creates a unique planning opportunity for high income earners at Meta. Book a Right Fit call with our team to learn more about your benefits at Meta.

Frequently asked questions:


Who has access to After-Tax 401(k)?

How do After-Tax 401(k) contributions work at Meta?

What is a Mega Backdoor Roth IRA?


401(k) Saving & Goal Mapping: 


Setting your participation amounts needs to be coordinated with your entire financial outlook and done so in a way that addresses your immediate & short-term financial goals.


How much you should be saving into your retirement accounts cannot be done in a vacuum!

You must first address important questions such as,

  • Are you saving up for a house in 3 years and need help building your down payment to get there?
  • Are your kids planning on going to private school in 3 years?
  • Are you planning on retiring before you can access these funds at full retirement age (59.5)?

These are the sort of questions we seek to address as we design your Financial Life Plan®.

 If you need help mapping out your immediate, short term and long-term goals and savings plan, book your “Right Fit” introductory call today.


Want to learn more about maximizing your benefits at Meta?

To learn more about RSUs are and how they work in general, read here.

To get started on designing your financial road map, Book Your "Right Fit" Call now.

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*Information is provided for educational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation. All data is derived from sources deemed reliable. This information on Meta benefits has been updated for 2022.