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 1543 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 850 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 736 reviews)); "being really matters and the company gives you amazing perks to be able to have a good work/life balance." ((in 540 reviews)); "It's a good company with free food and Company shut downs twice a year." ((in 254 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 191 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 160 reviews)); "Recent layoff was not necessary in these economic conditions" ((in 131 reviews)); "Slow career progression" ((in 62 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced and immature" ((in 49 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

3.0

Feb 13, 2014

Definitely a learning experience, but not the best for me

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company perks. Awesome product. Generally came across great people.

Cons

Management does play favorites. Competitive nature (metric-based). Has become too large. LI claims to be a start-up, but it really isn't. It has become very corporate, especially with regards to politics and trying to move up the ladder.

4.0

Jan 24, 2014

Great Growth, Extreme Politics

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Linkedin is the best corporate job I have had so far, but took a turn for the worse. They build culture with many amazing events, offer great perks, and amazing benefits. They do treat their employees well in a growing division. Internal mobility is still achievable at this stage.

Cons

The marketing solutions segment suffers from consistent reorganizations which lead to suffering morale and employee attrition. The lack of product investment is creating retention issues as well. Many of the products are not effective, which may create long term harm since customers do not want to buy again. Politics have gotten very serious. It is feeling like a large corporation of over 10K employees even though there are currently 4K. There have been very few promotions in the past year.

3.0

Aug 19, 2011

It was good, until it wasn't

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Company morale building events like InDays, parties and t-shirts for everything, free meals, fitness programs, on-site chair massages and car-detailing.

Cons

Disconnect between preached values and actual practice of those values. "Promoted by your peers" = promotion based on how much the management likes your personality, not based on merit or experience. Getting too big - turning into nameless existence; walking across the floor and not recognizing half the faces isn't the company culture I had when I started here. In experienced middle management.

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