Avoid at all costs - Systems Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

1.0
Jun 7, 2024
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Pros

Pay was decent Culture was decent Offices and perks were great

Cons

After barely missing our targets two quarters in a row, Linkedin immediately threw away all compassion, culture, and caring for the well being of it's employees. After a pretty substantial layoff round, they started removing internal benefits and forced the managers to give low ratings and PIP a certain percentage of their staff, regardless of actual performance and skill. They're also forcing RTO on specific days and not allowing for any reasonable exceptions. Advice to anyone considering a job at Linkedin: stay away! Used to be great but now the culture is garbage - everyone who has skills in demand are gone, or working on it actively.

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5.0
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Excellent work life balance and great kind of environment

Cons

There is a lot of pressure on deliverables

4.0
Jun 11, 2026
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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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