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 (476) , Senior Software Engineer (302) , Account Director (247) , 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 1574 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 830 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 733 reviews)); "being really matters and the company gives you amazing perks to be able to have a good work/life balance." ((in 528 reviews)); "Good pay and policies focussing on employee’s well being" ((in 247 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 168 reviews)); "Recent layoff was not necessary in these economic conditions" ((in 141 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 58 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced." ((in 51 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

(7,660 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 7,660 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

5.0

Oct 8, 2013

Fast Paced and Evolving

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Always work to do, inDays, New full service cafe, great IT dept, New hire experience, Culture, fun environment, work hard play hard

Cons

Fast paced, reactive mode, beginning to define identity

5.0

Oct 8, 2013

Feel lucky every day I walk into the doors of LinkedIn

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- wonderful mission statement of creating economic opportunity for professionals around the world - open, intelligent, non-judgmental people - feeling like they really care about their employees with constantly updating and improving perks

Cons

- sometimes feels like there are too many meetings

5.0

Oct 8, 2013

Great culture

Enterprise sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

They do what they say. Great leadership. Great culture. One of the best place to work if you want to be stretched and becoming a better professional.

Cons

Big plans. No down time

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