Is LinkedIn a good company to work for?

LinkedIn has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 9,336 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at LinkedIn to a friend and 51% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about LinkedIn have been left by employees working as Web Developer , Software Engineer Intern and Business Operations Manager .

Does LinkedIn pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, LinkedIn employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at LinkedIn. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at LinkedIn?

66% of LinkedIn employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated LinkedIn 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at LinkedIn?

Account Executive (493) , Software Engineer (477) , Senior Software Engineer (301) , Account Director (247) , Relationship Manager (222) , Senior Account Executive (118) , Customer Success Manager (114) , Sales (114) , Manager (110) , Staff Software Engineer (99) , Sales Manager (92) , Account Manager (85) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (84) , Senior Account Director (80) , Recruiter (60)

What are the pros of working at LinkedIn according to real employee reviews?

"The culture and the vibe at LI is great; there's a friendly "can" ((in 1563 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 875 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 735 reviews)); "70% of the time the comp plan feels fair and a good work/life balance." ((in 534 reviews)); "Pay and comp is good even if a little inflexible." ((in 236 reviews))

What are the cons of working at LinkedIn according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 194 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 160 reviews)); "Recent layoff was not necessary in these economic conditions" ((in 130 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 64 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced." ((in 50 reviews))

What are employees saying about LinkedIn layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about LinkedIn layoffs and their outlook for job security at LinkedIn in 2026.

What LinkedIn locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Santa Barbara , Los Angeles , South San Francisco , San Francisco , Washington , Austin , New York , Omaha , Chicago , Mountain View

LinkedIn reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,646 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

67% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

LinkedIn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,646 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The LinkedIn employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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8K reviews

5.0

Oct 27, 2011

LinkedIn is an innovative and transformational place to work.

Events coordinator

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

-Job opportunities -Culture -InDays and HackDays where you are encouraged to work on projects other than your normal every day duties -Start up feel where you are encouraged to share your ideas -Speaker Series -Tech Talks -Fitness program -Free food

Cons

-Processes are still not set in place as the company just went IPO in May but this can be seen as a growing opportunity for employees to give their ideas on new processes.

2.0

Sep 20, 2011

Glad to be LinkedOut - great product, but weak leadership & weak compensation

Corporate solutions account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Linkedin has great brand awareness and people are very eager to speak w/ you when you conduct a sales call. LI offers very good perks & benefits (on-site massage, fully stocked kitchens, meals are provided, lots of freebies. Good communication from a top-down perspective. Big names speakers are invited to address LI employees.

Cons

-LI is led by inexperienced middle mgmt who lead by fear & intimidation. Most mid-mgmt have little or no experience leading and are quite often promoted because of "who they know" rather than "what they know & what they can offer". -The sales compensation package is very low compared to other silicon valley companies, and when the sales team figures out how to make $, "the house" changes the rules to regain the advantage. -LI offers a small share of stock options. Upper mngmt receive the lions-share and are able to exercise them long before the foot-soldiers. -The exec mgmt team doesn't know how disgruntled the rank & file sales team is-LI strings a lot of job seekers w/ contract positions to save $ by not offering benefits. Most good non-perm employees do not get perm job offers until well after 1 yr of work.

5.0

Sep 6, 2011

Great balance of work and life that is hard to replicate anywhere else. Learning opportunities everywhere.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

HackDay!!! Amazing culture, opportunities to learn from some of the brightest! , respect to you and what you bring on the table, awesome intern program. Senior management is amazing and available to provide guidance.

Cons

Compensation is at lower end of the range paid by similar companies. There isn't enough visibility on what other departments are working on and how it all comes together.

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