It's a different company now - Staff Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
Feb 9, 2024
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Pros

Great benefits, on my team very easy to take DTO & work life balance very realistic.

Cons

Constantly changing priorities. Upper management incompetent/rest & vest, middle management powerless to manage up. Culture is not at the center of work life anymore. Constant fear of layoffs, many rounds last year. No raise last year, many more people being placed on PIP than ever. Teams are struggling to keep the lights on. It's not prestigious LinkedIn anymore - just another corporate "shut up and do what we say" workplace. A very hard place to work for someone who worked there during the "glory days" only a few years ago.

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Excellent work life balance and great kind of environment

Cons

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4.0
Jun 11, 2026
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Pros

LinkedIn has a strong engineering culture, smart and supportive teammates, and meaningful product impact at a large scale. I have had opportunities to work on complex systems, collaborate with experienced engineers, and learn from cross-functional partners across product, design, data, and infrastructure. The benefits, flexibility, and internal learning resources are also strong.

Cons

Because the organization is large, decision-making can sometimes be slow, and priorities may shift before projects fully mature. Promotion expectations can feel different across teams, and the number of meetings can make it harder to protect deep-focus engineering time. Cross-team ownership is not always as clear as it could be.

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