Drink in the Kool Aid at your peril - Anonymous employee LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
Feb 23, 2016
Anonymous employee
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Pros

I'm writing this 12 months after I left LinkedIn Marketing Solutions as I believe sufficient time has passed to offer unbiased and constructive notes. The perks are good - such as free food, gym, and other fitness classes Opportunity to travel and meet a broad set of smart and nice colleagues Opportunity to grow or expand your skills in adjacent areas of interests Good fun / social events

Cons

LinkedIn suffers from what others on Glassdoor have called a 'cult like' belief in its mission to help the world's professionals. This belief is drilled into people from day 1 and any deviation from the script is met with disapproval. Middle Management in the London office is/was poor. I suspect this may be down to the legacy of the old guard who have very generous share options and as a result don't want to rock the boat. In LinkedIn Marketing Solutions - the sales team are king. If you are not in the sales team, you are there to service the sales team. This as you can imagine leads to a lot of resentment. Not short of ego at the best of time the behaviour of some of the sales team can be insufferable especially if you challenge their thinking on a client.

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Cons

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2.0
Jun 15, 2026
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Pros

Amazing perks and nice people. Perks: I was able to purchase new luggage with the help of some internal points for my performance. Unfortunately, I have not traveled since I left the company with the luggage. Travel also changed after I took the job and I was a global traveler.

Cons

I ended up quitting my job to look for a new job in 2024. The exit from the company was extremely poorly managed by my manager and the HR staff. I had a very difficult time networking after I left the job which is funny given that it is a social networking platform. I felt like there was still a presence from the company even after joining She Runs It, a third-party networking platform for women. I expected more from LinkedIn during my departure. I was unaware what impact working at this company could have on my career. They should really help their employees with their next role and applying as a lot of the applications occur on the platform. There was only an opportunity to interview and reach out to people that worked for LinkedIn at B2B, even though I have B2C experience. AI has really complicated the process as well with writing etc. since leaving.

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