Does LinkedIn pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, LinkedIn employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.9 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?

65% 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 (496) , Software Engineer (480) , Senior Software Engineer (305) , Account Director (249) , Relationship Manager (222) , Senior Account Executive (118) , Sales (115) , Customer Success Manager (114) , Manager (110) , Staff Software Engineer (102) , 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 1560 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 839 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 729 reviews)); "70% of the time the comp plan feels fair and a good work/life balance." ((in 566 reviews)); "It's a good company with free food and Company shut downs twice a year." ((in 245 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 196 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 161 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 132 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 62 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.

LinkedIn reviews

3.8

65% would recommend to a friend

(7,691 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

65% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

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LinkedIn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,691 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).

Reviews by job title

8K reviews

4.0

Aug 10, 2025

Not the worst, Depends on the team

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Employee events, food, perks, compensation is decent

Cons

- Like anywhere else, when times are good the company will seem like family. When times are bad, its up to each team's manager to take care of their employees. And sometimes its just not possible. LinkedIn is not worse than the average big tech company.

4.0

Aug 8, 2025

Company with a Changing Culture

Senior site reliability engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good Work/Life Balance Management is Technologically Vetted Global Scale Projects Great Insurance 401k matching Many Equity Opportunities

Cons

Many middle management layers with differing opinions and communications for direction. Layoffs are used as an unspoken motivator for productivity The management culture changed after the transition to Ryan Roslansky in ways that permeated throughout the company. From a business perspective, the company is still doing well, but the employee experience shifted negatively. The internal technology stack is very tailored to LinkedIn which creates a need for more individual study should the need arise to shift outside the company.

5.0

Aug 7, 2025

best company ever worked

Staff software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Chill work environment nice colleague and boss great on premise training

Cons

pay less than meta at same lavel

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