LinkedIn reviews

3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,646 total reviews)
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Ryan Roslansky

66% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

LinkedIn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,646 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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3.0
Oct 17, 2013

Politics, politics

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Pros

Like most employees I do love working with LinkedIn, but it saddens us to watch the organisation's cultural values of integrity and flat hierarchy succumb to internal politics. A prime example is the recent flood of over-enthusiastic reviews here on Glassdoor, all posted within the space of a few days, following some very negative reviews just before the month of October. Convenient... When CEO Jeff Weiner, highly regarded by all employees, visited the offices, the entire building was repainted, cleaned and employees were told not to approach him personally and any questions were vetted beforehand. Working at LinkedIn is exciting and challenging, but you will be putting in the hours. Your salary won't reflect your skills, only which territory you happen to be stuck with. This sadly cost us some valuable team members. Out of a team of exceptional, stellar sales people, perhaps 10% can expect to hit annual target. There are some fantastic perks, like free food, entertainment etc, and you are almost guaranteed a great career post LinkedIn, but we'd love to see some changes put in place soon.

Cons

Work-life balance, compensation good but not fairly distributed, politics, politics, politics.

2.0
Sep 19, 2013
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Pros

1) The perks are great -- free food at every corner, monthly inDays to stretch you beyond your usual work, exercise classes, flexible work schedule, and more. 2) The potential of the company is also hard to ignore -- we're on a trajectory to do great things and the market agrees (as reflected in our stock price).

Cons

1) There is a failure to foster and grow talent, leading to high churn and dissatisfaction among tenured employees. I've been here for 3+ years and have been vocal in my desire to expand my role and grow my career. We lack the internal structure to support employees like me who want to stay at the company but need guidance on where opportunities may lie. So people either get frustrated and leave or simply stay to fulfill their vesting period and get increasingly disgruntled in the process. 2) Inconsistent culture and work/life balance: I have only experienced the Marketing team where employees struggle with being overworked and unable to enjoy the "fun" aspects of working at LinkedIn. Other teams like engineering and product appear to be the opposite.

4.0
Feb 18, 2009
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Pros

Great product, smart people, relaxed work environment, nice office space, free food & drinks. Some outstanding leaders. Some of the most intelligent, dedicated engineers that you'll ever find. Friendly, collegial atmosphere. The company is growing toward a compelling vision and will have a successful exit.

Cons

Highly political environment. Some of the most intelligent and committed employees have been shown the door because they didn't play the game right. Executive & managerial teams have some true stars, but also some total duds. A lot of the folks who have been there for a long time have grown cynical and are to be found whispering among themselves outside the building, "vesting in peace". The engineering team are rock stars, but are floundering amid a lack of process, cohesive vision, sensible product management cycles, and tools to make their work efficient.

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