Is LinkedIn a good company to work for?

LinkedIn has an overall rating of 3.8 out of 5, based on over 9,349 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 4% over the last 12 months. 66% of employees would recommend working at LinkedIn to a friend and 50% 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 3.2 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at LinkedIn?

Account Executive (494) , Software Engineer (476) , Senior Software Engineer (302) , Account Director (247) , Relationship Manager (222) , Senior Account Executive (118) , Customer Success Manager (114) , Sales (114) , Manager (110) , Staff Software Engineer (100) , 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 1542 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 837 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 753 reviews)); "70% of the time the comp plan feels fair and a good work/life balance." ((in 543 reviews)); "Great place for young starters to join as the pay is good for that level" ((in 250 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 182 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 159 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs and the shifts when you start suck." ((in 139 reviews)); "Slow career progression based on rigid assessment criteria" ((in 66 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced." ((in 50 reviews))

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What are the top reviewed LinkedIn locations?

Sunnyvale , San Francisco , Mountain View , New York , Chicago , Omaha , San Jose , Carpinteria , Los Angeles , Seattle , Detroit , Washington , San Diego , Atlanta , Austin , Dallas , Ventura , South San Francisco , Santa Barbara , Miami , Lincoln , Santa Clara , Denver , Boston , San Antonio , Palo Alto , Las Vegas , Portland , Salt Lake City , Long Beach

LinkedIn reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,656 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

66% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.2

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

LinkedIn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,656 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

3.0

Jan 19, 2017

Depends on the Group

Anonymous employee

Recommend

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Pros

Decent salary if you negotiate well (I didn't) Generous RSU's (mine tanked) not sure what will happen with M$FT in charge Work Life balance is actually pretty good Awesome Benefits: 401k match - 50% of max (9K) Mega Backdoor Roth option (another 27K) unlimited vacation (DTO) Closed the first week of July and During the Xmas Holidays Perk Up program for free massage, childcare, etc. Gift matching They still have pretty good food (it used to be better) Free snacks Free Gym Generous Paternity leave probably lots of other stuff I'm forgetting

Cons

Our org is in a free fall, 3 Good managers axed in the last quarter! Serious cultural changes occuring, it's not the same company I joined 3 years ago. Lots of people leaving all across our building. It seems like someone new every week, there were 3 this week that I personally know. Cons: Tools that support our team are non existent or woefully inadquate Politics (watch your back) Lack of accountability Culture is changing Nobody is happy, hard to stay motivated I used to love this place but now it's time to go :(

3.0

Jun 29, 2016

Great place to work IF you fit in

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Culture of this company is amazing. Jeff Weiner has been able to grow a strong culture and values even at 9000+ employees. Benefits are better than even some of the best companies in the valley. Overall mission of creating economic opportunity is meaningful and you feel connected.

Cons

The culture is very young (millennial). There is another review out there telling Gen Xers and baby boomers to stay away and it's unfortunate that the review is very accurate. They promote work life balance well but if you are older and have different outside of work challenges you may find yourself alone. The biggest non-work problems I heard were "where to stay for Coachella?" or "have you eaten at xxxx in the City?" or "I didn't like the food today" Again - great place to work IF you fit in.

1.0

Mar 23, 2014

Not a good company for a QA Engineer

Senior qa engineer

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Pros

Good benefits and perks. Lot of free food. There are good entertainments but you cannot participate due to the work load.

Cons

Base salary is low. When I joined this company two years back it has the good Developer and QA ratio. Now the developers has tripled and never hired any QA in my team. There is no scope for learning new technologies. Work-life balance is very bad due to daily regressions and frequent Production releases.

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