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      3.8

      66% would recommend to a friend

      (7,663 total reviews)
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      Ryan Roslansky

      66% approve of CEO

      50% positive business outlook

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      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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      8K reviews
      3.0
      Oct 11, 2014

      Great, exciting company with poor management and leadership opportunities.

      Campaign manager
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Very smart people, great perks (free meals, beautiful office spaces, education reimbursement, etc.), great products, innovative and forward-thinking company vision, excellent executive leadership.

      Cons

      Poor advancement opportunities. I went to LinkedIn specifically to advance my career, making it very clear when I got hired that my biggest fear was doing the same thing I had previously done. LinkedIn poached me, so I thought the hiring manager would have realized they couldn't expect me to do the same thing for a year. Unfortunately, this is exactly what happened, so I left a year later. Ad Operations is notorious for this in the industry, but it is especially true at LinkedIn. It seems exciting because LinkedIn is an awesome company with very smart people, but it has also grown far too quickly to give real career opportunities to the majority of employees. Many in my department either leave the department or company in order to find their next step. Senior titles aren't really different. They need to seriously reevaluate their advancement structure. The middle managers also aren't great. They don't have enough experience to really help support the ICs and are also very lacking in their ability to have career conversations or provide training. Leadership also had a lack of professionalism that I don't think is right to talk about here, but made me lose a lot of respect for the company. Big picture - The company is a great, exciting company to work for. I would recommend working here, but not as a Campaign Manager to anyone that has experience in it. Great for a first job, not so great for a second or third.

      5.0
      Sep 17, 2014

      Great Culture, resources, training, and people

      Sales development specialist
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Linkedin was an incredible experience. Not only does the company care about being successful and maing money, but they invest a tremendous amount in their people's success too. Not only is their culture great, but the people are friendly, fun, and smart. I built some lifelong friendships during my time here.

      Cons

      While overall the culture is amazing, at times it can be a little bit cultish. Also getting promoted became too much of a political game at times

      5.0
      Jul 23, 2014

      Genuinely thrilled to work here!

      Site reliability engineer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      So, there's the obvious stuff: tons of high-quality free food and beverages, excellent compensation, great benefits, etc. Let's get to the more interesting (and really, more important, stuff) - Pretty much everyone around is a friendly, down to earth human being. I feel like I can talk to my manager openly and frankly without any BS. That's the biggest perk in the world. VP level and above regularly interact with individual contributors. While there is a hierarchy of authority, I honestly feel like the management above is there to help me when I need it, not to dictate to me and abuse my work ethic. - Besides the free food, there are lots of nice little company-sponsored events and things that happen. You can get professional development training easily. Your work schedule is generally pretty flexible. There are lots of little things like this that add up to really make you feel like LinkedIn actually gives a **** about its employees and doesn't just few them as automatons to work until they burn out. - The pinball machines, arcade games and ping pong tables are nice but the real key is that people actually PLAY them. I've worked at startups where they had games like this, but everyone was always too busy working themselves into the ground to every actually use them. If my boss walks past me playing pinball in the middle of the day, neither of us is going to think twice about it. - Despite the fun atmosphere, we do work hard and in general everyone is passionate about the work they do. This can lead to long hours for some, but in my experience thus far, long hours are something chosen on an individual basis. It isn't expected of you, nor are you looked down upon if you take care of your work and leave the office at 5.

      Cons

      Despite the great culture, there are still a few individuals who are difficult to work with -- the same you'd find at any company. I'd say percentage-wise, there's far less of them at LinkedIn than I have seen other places, but they're still there, standing in the way of progress or taking shortcuts or any of those things that aren't constructive. My impression is that work-life balance can vary highly between teams. I've had a good experience, but I think there are others for whom it's a little more of a struggle.

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