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 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, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at LinkedIn?

Account Executive (491) , Software Engineer (476) , Senior Software Engineer (299) , Account Director (245) , Relationship Manager (222) , Senior Account Executive (118) , Customer Success Manager (114) , Sales (114) , Manager (109) , Staff Software Engineer (98) , Sales Manager (92) , Account Manager (84) , 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 1536 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 827 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 550 reviews)); "It's a good company with free food and Company shut downs twice a year." ((in 249 reviews))

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

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 190 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 171 reviews)); "Constant layoffs are very distracting and impossible to focus since there is always people leaving and teams changing managers." ((in 135 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 58 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced and immature" ((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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3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,636 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

67% approve of CEO

52% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

LinkedIn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,636 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

Apr 20, 2012

Helping to change the world while transforming yourself.

Product manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- Very smart people to learn from - Growth opportunities within team or laterally - Shuttle to/from SF - 401k matching - Stocks - Free food all around - Great gym classes (yoga, trx, etc) - Donation matching - Lots of team activities/offsites/company parties - Hackdays - Yearly caltrain pass - ice cream fridge - Amazing speakers/movie previews - Open source contributions - Fast growth

Cons

- Fast growth may mean that you have to cover more than one area - Some teams are under more pressure than other teams

5.0

Mar 29, 2012

Generally LinkedIn lives up to promise to transform its employees careers

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Working on a very meaningful problem (connecting talent with opportunity at massive scale) -Strong senior leadership for the most part -Significant revenue traction - no concerns about the business model

Cons

-Growing bureaucracy and some politics between functions -Disfunctional product org: senior leadership inspires fear, but without the Steve Jobs genius -Linkedin.com is clunky and inferior to peer companies such as Twitter and Facebook on usability

1.0

Mar 11, 2012

I was told something and experienced something completely different.”

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

No dress code. Location is ok. Adulation from people that don't know better. Get to grow with a growing company.

Cons

Micro Management. Not treated as an adult. No home work life balance. No vacation policy which has translated into Managers not giving or 'allowing' time to be taken. No upward mobility. Compensation is not comparable for location. Management is il trained with little experience and little professionalism. Management has poor time management which results in the employees scrambling. If you come to work here you will be 'sold a bridge' as they say.

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