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 1% 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 (477) , Senior Software Engineer (302) , Account Director (248) , 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 1530 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 846 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 732 reviews)); "being really matters and the company gives you amazing perks to be able to have a good work/life balance." ((in 550 reviews)); "It's a good company with free food and Company shut downs twice a year." ((in 246 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 190 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 159 reviews)); "Recent layoff was not necessary in these economic conditions" ((in 139 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 66 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced." ((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

(7,661 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 7,661 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

Aug 7, 2017

Entry-level software engineer

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Get to work with very talented engineers and learn good practices Infrastructure and tooling are highly developed Good reputation and name recognition when you leave Flexible hours Great pay and benefits

Cons

Development moves at a glacial pace Management makes questionable decisions and is not transparent Less and less focus on making a quality product for members, more focus on $$$ Easy to get stuck on a bad project if you're not proactive

4.0

Jul 29, 2017

Used to be top company, but not any more after acquired by MS

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good culture and team, Smart people, can find enough work todo, but still have work-life balanced . Scale of company is plus compared with big guys such as FANG.

Cons

After stock sank, compensation is not on the top anymore. After acquired by MS, more and more smart people are leaving.

3.0

Jun 15, 2017

IF ONLY THEY WERE ARE GOOD AS THEY THINK THEY ARE

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

* excellent pay * outstanding world classed benefits * really exceedingly good food * plays hard * if you are in the right orgs, its easy to work 30-40 hours a week and go home to your family

Cons

* mediocre talent that thinks it is world class. the truth is they have a monopoly business that was built years ago and they can't innovate on product or enter new markets. * the teams are bloated and fat to the point of ridiculousness given their level of output. * execs are silo'd and not aligned. this causes a huge amount of wasted effort at the middle and lower levels. * incredibly political but pretends that they have a winning transparent culture. This comes from the top. spin matters more than results which the company can't measure.

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