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

(7,657 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 7,657 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

1.0

Apr 26, 2017

Event Coordinator

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Perk-up program, re-imbursed manicures, haircuts, massages. laid back atmosphere, good benefits

Cons

Terrible management structure, not focused enough on goals, limited food choices

3.0

Mar 23, 2017

Ok place to work, now it's owned by MSFT

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits better, base pay good

Cons

not much innovation, now part of beauracracy

4.0

Jan 8, 2017

Pampers a lot, difficult to progress internally

Site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* Huge brand value addition on your resume! * Employees are highly pampered with amazing perks & workplace facilities * Working with large scale systems & effective internal processes * Engineering is still progressing towards "best practices" so lots to learn

Cons

Culture: * Very difficult to progress (promotions), much bureaucracy & politics * Have to do enough self branding to get noticed across organization, which in turn is the single most affecting factor during promotions * Small appraisal percentages, no discussion, take-it-or-leave-it attitude * Most people are only interested in interacting to increase their "colleague networking" (self branding again) * Hypocrisy in following company's own core values * Complicated organizational hierarchy * Very very less fresh talent, leads to lack of innovation and newer ideas * Your opinions are only as much valued as your seniority Engineering: * Full of in-house tools & blackboxes, you hardly acquire skills worthwhile for other employers * You have to learn a lot of things before you can start being useful

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