Thankless role, now redundant - Sales Development Representative LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
Aug 10, 2020
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Pros

- Food (pre-covid) was great - Good fitness classes - Some great people working at LinkedIn

Cons

- Zero coaching provided in 8 months of role - Competitive: Managers constantly comparing each other and comparing reps to each other - Role eliminated despite hitting every KPI/Target since starting - SD/LinkedIn is very political in nature - promotions can depend on whether senior management likes you/know you - Short term focus: Hit targets at whatever the cost - Very little recognition for work well done

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Cons

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4.0
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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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