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 1557 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 830 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 734 reviews)); "being really matters and the company gives you amazing perks to be able to have a good work/life balance." ((in 541 reviews)); "It's a good company with free food and Company shut downs twice a year." ((in 240 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 187 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 162 reviews)); "Lots of layoffs (but that’s part of working in tech so if you can’t handle this risk don’t get into corporate tech)." ((in 130 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 62 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced." ((in 53 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

(7,656 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 Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

4.0

Mar 4, 2018

Great company with minor abberations

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company with lot of benefits. Other than benefit of that any big company offers, LinkedIn has PerkUp benefit which reimburses tax preparation or financial planning fees. Work culture of each team is different. Most of the teams are nice to work with.

Cons

Moving up the hierarchy after certain level is quite difficult. There is very convoluted and twisted process to go beyond Staff Engineer level which is formulated by people who reached that level several years ago. They plan to demonstrate it as fair and reasonable process which it is truly not.

4.0

Nov 27, 2017

Senior Software Engineer

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

1. Good Work life balance, perks, policies 2. Intelligent colleagues 3. Some teams are doing good work

Cons

1. Lacks innovation for the most part 2. Promotions are tough, not because of individuals, but because of quantity and quality of work. The work is either not too challenging, or non-existent. 3. Co ordination between India and US teams is a challenge in itself!

2.0

Jun 29, 2017

Struggling with growth

Account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Amazing culture, benefits, people, leadership and vision Free food, gym, ESPP, perk up! Health/dental insurance, travel, have fun and make lots of friends!

Cons

I have been an employee for over a year now and from I see new hires are struggling to hit quotas due to saturation. Big disconnect from sales and sales operations, can be heavy bias towards to longer serving employees re: account splitting. Progression is difficult. With Microsoft acquisition management are generally external hires from the likes of IBM, SAP, Oracle, Dell etc Onboarding is poor and a very feature focused selling culture.

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