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Updated May 15, 2013
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93% Approve of the CEO

LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner

Jeff Weiner

(167 ratings)

81% of employees recommend this company to a friend
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Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

ProsGreat benefits, activities, and food.

ConsAt lot of moving around of teams and people.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Former Employee – worked at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

Prosfree lunch free snack onsite gyms and massages

Conswork and life balance is very hard to get

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Mountain View, CA

Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

ProsIt used to be a great company, where we had to deal with fascinating search and analytics challenges. After IPO lots of talented engineers and managers has left, making the whole environment much worse

ConsMy manager asked me to notify them in advance if I would intend to leave. I gave a 6 weeks notice and asked them if I could use a part of that time for the parental leave. They terminated my employment immediately. The manager told me the reason of the early exit was that I'm going to work for their major competitor. It seems some people had brought Yahoo's worst practices to LinkedIn. Now I'm feeling stupid of giving an early notice

No, I would not recommend this company to a friend

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Mountain View, CA

Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

Pros* Engineers are treated world class; a stark contrast from a lot of so called "tech companies" that don't actually care about their technical talent
* The best upper management/executive team I've ever worked under. Very transparent group of leaders. It starts from Jeff Weiner (who is the best CEO in the tech industry) and trickles down to everyone else
* Amazing perks like free catered food, free snacks and drinks
* Great compensation and stock packages
* Awesome work/life balance
* Almost all of my co workers care for the success of the company and are great to work with
* Lots of promoting from within
* Great location in Mountain View

ConsI can't think of anything major enough to consider a "con" of working at LinkedIn. I would say that I wish the gym was nicer/larger and had stuff like spin classes offered, but that's a really low priority for me.

Advice to Senior ManagementStarting from Jeff Weiner down to the middle management, the culture at LinkedIn has been one of transparency and genuine desire to have everyone here grow in their career. I hope this continues even as we grow at such a fast pace

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Sunnyvale, CA

Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

ProsWe really do work hard and play hard.
Great exec leadership team.
Ridiculous amounts of free food/snacks/drinks.
Lots of room to grow/develop position.

ConsAs with any growing company there's more work than time in the day.
Not great work/life balance, but they try to make it as painless as possible.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

ProsBig time challenges with a fast pace culture.

ConsMix of talent is hit or miss. Many "old timers" have left the company after cashing out.

Advice to Senior ManagementKeep investing in talent. Keep the bar high.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Mountain View, CA

Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

Pros- Works like a startup with code pushes into production happening several times a week
- Solving some complex problems and building infrastructure that will scale very well
- Rapidly growing - tripled in size since I joined, yet does not feel very bloated
- Very open culture, frequent all-hands with CEO, and super-smart co-workers
- Hack day, incubator program (where winning team get to work on their project for 3 months and ask for people to work on it) are both awesome perks
- Free food - and it's pretty darn awesome!

Cons- A bit of favoritism with ex-yahoo employees, although not at a very high degree
- Annual review process is a bit undefined, or atleast I have not fully understood how things are decided there

Advice to Senior Management- Continue the awesome open culture
- Be less aggressive in hiring - the company is starting to get pretty big

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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San Francisco, CA

Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for less than a year

ProsExtremely friendly and fun! Its like not having to go to work.

ConsHardly any cons, so I would say no cons!

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn

ProsGreat culture & values. All of the employees genuinely care about one another, and this makes for a productive and successful environment.

ConsBe ready for lots of change...not necessarily a bad thing, but with new products being rolled out on a monthly basis, you must stay organized and be willing to adapt quickly.

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Sunnyvale, CA

Current Employee – been working at LinkedIn full-time for more than a year

Prosfood, folks, and fun! peers are supportive, management has open door policy, and the Linkedin culture is one of a kind! employees get rewarded (aka: free iPad!)

Conshiring exponentially that sometimes it seems like there's desperation behind the types of candidates we hire so more research and references should be called out.

Advice to Senior Managementdevelop mentoring programs

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend – I'm optimistic about the outlook for this company

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