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

(7,663 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 7,663 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

Apr 10, 2016

Only as good as the middle managers

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great vision, great values, great cultural tenets. Lots of white space to do new work, great perks. Excellent top level leadership.

Cons

Lack of collaboration between departments. "Act Like and Owner" value makes people all think they are starting their own business internally and there is little appreciation for the whole system. Lots of people who got in early are staying on leadership/middle management positions and are keeping company from performing at its best.

4.0

Apr 8, 2016

Was good, now it's ok

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great perks. Decent work. Mostly fun, no serious career growth here.

Cons

Work is kind of slowing down. Day by day there's increase in bureaucracy.

3.0

Jan 29, 2016

Great Benefits, Great people, Low wages

Content

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

We were bought out and joined a great company. They are generous with time off benefits snacks. As far as who we work with, we have a superb staff and a great team, we are still the same as far as being bought out till now. They haven't changed our culture they have added to it. I love this aspect.

Cons

What matters most is money in my paycheck. They told us they pay in the 60th percentile of other competitive positions. This is false, we are under the 50th percentile of others in our industry and management just tells us we aren't truely "x" position because we don't do what others do, knocking down our skills and saying we are paid competitively per the job we do.

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