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 (493) , Software Engineer (477) , 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 1564 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 815 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 552 reviews)); "Good pay and policies focussing on employee’s well being" ((in 241 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 189 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 165 reviews)); "Constant layoffs are very distracting and impossible to focus since there is always people leaving and teams changing managers." ((in 134 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 58 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced and immature" ((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.

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LinkedIn reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,653 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 7,653 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

3.0

Feb 21, 2024

Gone downhill

Business operations associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits but they’re slowly taking them away

Cons

Culture used to be great but with all the layoffs, it’s gone down a lot. Everyone is either doing the bare minimum or trying extra hard to not be part of the next round of layoffs. No one is getting raises and your performance evaluation has nothing to do with your work, managers are told to give a limited amount of 4s or 5s to slow down promotions so no matter how hard you work, you can still be at the same position for 3 years if you’re not leadership’s favorite pet.

3.0

Jan 28, 2024

Average job in tech

Analyst

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- pay is ok - no real bonus - no real possibilities of evolution - good food and some nice advantages

Cons

- unskilled management - a lot of fake projects = useless just to get promotions - archaic tools and messy processes

4.0

Jan 26, 2024

Good old times are gone

Senior account director

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free food, great people, great culture (partially), solid market position on the hiring products side.

Cons

very few growth opportunities from IC roles to people manager roles, decreasing comp plan over the last 3 years, very poor strategy on linkedin learning side

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