A uniquely transformative professional experience
Pros
Transformation is the first pillar of this company's values and LinkedIn the first place I've worked that lives up to this promise. Every day I come in to work, I'm keenly aware of the contribution that I'm making to our mission of connecting the world's professionals to make them more productive and successful. The clarity around the value that we create for society above and beyond financial performance is truly refreshing. We have a great team of people many of whom I consider real friends. I've met colleagues coming from all across the world and everyone shares the same friendliness, intelligence, and sense of purpose no matter where they come from. Our business is uniquely diversified across multiple dimensions: B2B and B2C, social media, mobile, providing solutions for HR/marketing/sales/education needs. I get to work with companies of different sizes in different sectors and learn a ton about how businesses operate. The sky seems to be the limit in terms of where I can go vertically within my current function or laterally into other parts of the company. Free breakfast and lunch every day is hard to beat, along with free snacks and beverages, ping pong, video games, pool, not to mention all the wellness activities like yoga, meditation, etc. 401k matching is as good as it gets, health benefits are covered by the company if you're single. Very little to complain about with regard to perks and benefits.
Cons
The ever-increasing size and complexity of the business means it can be challenging to figure out who is responsible for what, or where to find out the specific piece of information you need. It took me a while to figure out what all of the titles and roles actually meant. Our core business model is fundamentally different from those at what are generally considered to be our peers, but it does feel like Google and Facebook have been more effective at keeping up with the continuous product iteration necessary in this age of Internet / mobile / social media enterprise. I also suspect that my counterparts at those companies are getting paid more.
