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, 3.7 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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LinkedIn reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,636 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

67% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture & values

3.3

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

2.0

Apr 4, 2026

Not worth being here anymore...

Lead account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Base pay is good. Benefits are great. New products and product enhancements are solid.

Cons

-There are no stock refreshers without a promotion and promotions are few and far between. You need to hit your number and because Sales Finance is horrible at setting targets you need a miracle. -Commission structure has become an absolute joke. You get paid 40% of your commission for hitting 80%. Then 80-100% is 3x multiplier to get you to that full 100%. The really egregious part though is the targets and the lack of consistency in how they are given out. One half you can hit 120%, and the next you can hit 50%. Sales Finance is laughable at setting goals and truly worst in class. -Management creates performative non-material work for you to validate their jobs. -Career opportunities are non-existent. Mobility is non-existent. If you want to try and move upward or to another team, it's held against you. Your manager layers in more quota for you to save the numbers for the other team members who will stay.

4.0

Apr 2, 2026

LinkedIn SDR

Sales development representative (sdr) ii

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits and office perks Minimal to no cold calling -- all email and LinkedIn outreach Good product to sell, easy to demo and understand and customers see value Good chances for relatively fast promotions, if you are wanting to stay in sales

Cons

High pressure sales environment -- while quota is based on quarter, there will be scrutiny if you are not "pacing" even within weeks of quarter starting Market saturation across the best companies Employee tool stack is definitely not best-in-class (which was surprising to me) -- Salesloft, Outlook, Sales Navigator, Microsoft Dynamics CRM. No intelligence tools like ZoomInfo, so you are guessing emails (this is why there is essentially no cold calling)

4.0

Mar 31, 2026

Nice colleagues and good commission, but low base salary

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very nice colleagues and good commission

Cons

Low base salary and a lot of lay offs

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