Best job I've every had - Anonymous employee LinkedIn Employee Review

5.0
Apr 23, 2012
Anonymous employee
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Pros

Personal Leverage: Still agile enough that an individual can make a difference at the company. And the company reaches 100M users monthly. Awesome ability to make a dent in the universe. Impressive lack of stupid politics. Generally strong interdepartmental cooperation.

Cons

Increasing bureaucracy. Still not too bad but if the rate of increase continues it might get frustrating. Bay area staff split across multiple locations increases functional silos. Lack of automation in some key internal functions (e.g. Human Resources)

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4.0
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Pros

LinkedIn has a strong engineering culture, smart and supportive teammates, and meaningful product impact at a large scale. I have had opportunities to work on complex systems, collaborate with experienced engineers, and learn from cross-functional partners across product, design, data, and infrastructure. The benefits, flexibility, and internal learning resources are also strong.

Cons

Because the organization is large, decision-making can sometimes be slow, and priorities may shift before projects fully mature. Promotion expectations can feel different across teams, and the number of meetings can make it harder to protect deep-focus engineering time. Cross-team ownership is not always as clear as it could be.

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