Software engineer - Software Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

3.0
Sep 14, 2018
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Pros

Great cafeteria, commute support, lots of perks, good 401k matching, Msft stock doing great

Cons

LinkedIn culture is slowly dying and replaced with Msft culture. In my pass 2 teams no one worked from home, some engineers are working on their days off and DTO. Promotion is rigid and hard. You won’t get promoted just because you are ‘exceed expectations’ 3 years straight. However, if your manager likes you you can get promoted even if you’ve been in the team for less than a year. People starts to not respond to you, doesn’t answer your email, slack, no matter what you do. If you try to do a project with an external team, then they do their very best to not co-operate. I’ve been here a long time and things have truly gone down the drain. Technologies used are super old and irrelevant.

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Cons

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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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