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?

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 (496) , Software Engineer (481) , Senior Software Engineer (306) , Account Director (250) , Relationship Manager (222) , Senior Account Executive (118) , Customer Success Manager (116) , Sales (115) , Manager (110) , Staff Software Engineer (104) , 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 1566 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 837 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 727 reviews)); "70% of the time the comp plan feels fair and a good work/life balance." ((in 563 reviews)); "It's a good company with free food and Company shut downs twice a year." ((in 244 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 192 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 143 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 60 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.

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Part of Microsoft

LinkedIn reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,701 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

64% approve of CEO

49% positive business outlook

Company ratings over time

Ratings trend for the last 6 months (7,701 reviews)

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

LinkedIn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,701 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

5.0

Jun 26, 2025

Good company

Strategic support consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Benefits and flexibility in this role

Cons

Management can be out of touch with the reality of this role.

4.0

Jun 25, 2025

good team

Engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

food is very good,free snack

Cons

fast pace in some teams

1.0

Jun 25, 2025

No proper communication

Lead generation executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

None so far as i wasn’t able to use

Cons

I don’t know what is the issue to create a single linkedin for me i ve been trying to create one for an year now as linkedin blocked my account for some reason from that time i haven’t been able to create one i tried every possible way to connect say linkedin help centre twitter email everything and no response

Viewing 709 - 711 of 7,701 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Google

4.5★Compensation & Benefits

Yandex

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Amazon

3.7★Compensation & Benefits

Criteo

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Jobs at LinkedIn

Manager, Software Engineering, Development Infrastructure

Senior Software Engineering Manager, Development Infrastructure

Sr. Software Engineer, Systems Infrastructure

Staff Software Engineer, Development Infrastructure