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 been stable over the past 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 1578 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 836 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 555 reviews)); "It's a good company with free food and Company shut downs twice a year." ((in 241 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 193 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 158 reviews)); "Recent layoff was not necessary in these economic conditions" ((in 142 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 57 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced." ((in 48 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

65% would recommend to a friend

(7,691 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

65% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

3.9

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 7,691 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).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

2.0

Dec 31, 2021

Some great colleagues, but micromanaging

Software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits, food, some really good people

Cons

Some people with big egos, some teams without much diversity. Biggest con was micromanaging over number of lines of code produced. Performance reviews were a joke. Showing up as "your authentic self" was BS. As other reviewers have mentioned, if you have any passions/hobbies outside of business concerns, it can be met harsh judgement. Can be difficult to move into interesting projects or other teams.

3.0

Dec 1, 2021

personal thoughts

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The overall working environment of linkedin is good

Cons

After merged with Microsoft, the Linkedin executive management team is not transparent anymore. The company turns to be politics.

2.0

Nov 2, 2021

Political Culture

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very good compensation with opportunities to improve skills.

Cons

Lots of politics, domination of one nationality, very biased management & a culture of totalitarianism.

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