Linode reviews

4.2

82% would recommend to a friend

(18 total reviews)

Chris Aker

85% approve of CEO

68% positive business outlook

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1.0
Nov 17, 2014

Not a great place to work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Usual benefits, nothing too stellar. Some of the people here are phenomenal.

Cons

The Bad stuff: No career opportunities here with exceedingly high turn over rate Compensation well below market rate No mentoring because everyone is a junior level employee Long hours with no overtime CEO is very "my way or the highway" to a fault The even worse stuff: Several interpersonal issues that were not handled by HR, HR exists but may as well not with how useful they are at handling complaints I was asked to lie to customers about more than one security breach Executives take extended trips and leave no one in charge. When they're in the office, they're not usually effective managers anyway There's a lot of drama at the office now which is draining to deal with Overall: This is an okay job if you're just starting out, but don't linger longer than 2 years or so otherwise your career will stagnate.

2.0
Sep 29, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It's easy to get in the door because of the unusual location, so qualified applicants are limited Some coworkers are really nice and knowledgable

Cons

I am writing this review specifically because authorship credits on content are being removed for former employees. If you work in content creation as a marketer, technical writer, blogger, etc., you will be able to have your name on the material you create only for as long as you work there. Thankfully I saved all of my work in text files, but I can now no longer link to content that I created at Linode for my portfolio without saying "By the way, Linode has a policy of removing all authorship credit for former employees." Full disclosure - I was offered a much better career opportunity, salary, and work location to leave for an industry rival. When I left it was nothing personal; just the better choice for my career. Now that I see how Linode is treating it's former employees, I'm glad I left when I did. Management has a pattern of being vindictive against former employees.

1.0
Jul 31, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Some people are really great. Working with people who aren't "managers" is usually good. Benefits are okay. Office isn't one giant cube farm.

Cons

Salary is abysmal and well under market rate. Cost of living in NJ is comparable to San Francisco in all ways except rent but Linode pays like it's located in Texas. Dubious business practices. You will likely be asked to lie to customers about incidents. I have been asked to lie about security incidents and outages. You get a laptop when you start working there which seems like a nice perk. They really only do this to make it easier for you to work when you're not actually on shift. Work-life balance isn't really a thing here. CEO is a micromanager who surrounds himself with other micromanagers and yes men. Whoever you answer to will either micromanage you or not have the gall to do anything about any issues. The CEO will get his way one way or another even when presented with evidence that shows his idea/management is bad. Incidents that would result in firing at any other company are swept under the rug or ignored completely. But as soon as one of these reviews appears there's a witch hunt to see who posted it and people have been fired without proof. The company is now getting these reviews deleted to make their rating look better. Hiding the problem != fixing the problem.

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