Does LinkedIn pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, LinkedIn employees rate their compensation and benefits as 4.0 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at LinkedIn. This rating has decreased by 2% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at LinkedIn?

66% of LinkedIn employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated LinkedIn 3.8 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.7 for culture and values and 3.3 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at LinkedIn?

Account Executive (492) , Software Engineer (476) , Senior Software Engineer (299) , Account Director (245) , Relationship Manager (222) , Senior Account Executive (118) , Customer Success Manager (114) , Sales (114) , Manager (109) , Staff Software Engineer (98) , Sales Manager (92) , Account Manager (85) , Sales Development Representative (SDR) (84) , Senior Account Director (80) , Recruiter (60)

What are the pros of working at LinkedIn according to real employee reviews?

"The culture and the vibe at LI is great; there's a friendly "can" ((in 1549 reviews)); "The Dublin office offers great benefits and a culture where I learnt a lot during 4 years." ((in 833 reviews)); "People are great and on site perks are good." ((in 725 reviews)); "70% of the time the comp plan feels fair and a good work/life balance." ((in 558 reviews)); "Great place for young starters to join as the pay is good for that level" ((in 252 reviews))

What are the cons of working at LinkedIn according to real employee reviews?

"Bad management just some of them" ((in 187 reviews)); "This has resulted in some very mediocre people getting promoted and as a result you have bad managers." ((in 162 reviews)); "Recent layoffs have affected morale" ((in 131 reviews)); "No career progression" ((in 64 reviews)); "Middle management is inexperienced." ((in 49 reviews))

What are employees saying about LinkedIn redundancies in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about LinkedIn redundancy and their outlook for job security at LinkedIn in 2026.

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3.8

66% would recommend to a friend

(7,640 total reviews)

Ryan Roslansky

67% approve of CEO

51% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

4.0

Diversity and inclusion

4.0

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Work/Life balance

3.7

Culture and values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Senior management

LinkedIn has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 7,640 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 Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

8K reviews

1.0

Apr 9, 2015

Relationship Manager

Relationship manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Cool Work environment, free food.

Cons

Work environment has become toxic since business performance is slowing down. Middle Management's weakness is very apparent now that leadership is required to motivate sales force. Tactics such as performance improvement plan or "firing" threats seem to be the only method that management is using. Overall sales environment is incredibly low and everyone is concerned about their future and ability to make any $ since quotas are not even close to being realistic.

1.0

Mar 18, 2021

Sinking ship!

Account executive

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

- Fun colleagues - Perks like free lunch and a fitness budget - Benefits

Cons

- Cost cutting in any place they can - Management team is underqualified and highly political - Compensation is no longer competitive - they've been cutting it every year - Laid off a HUGE subset of the sales team which ruined the culture - Red tape and processes that get in the way of doing your job. Microsoft has taken over

3.0

Dec 30, 2014

Middle Management Sucks

Global account manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Access to really sexy data, great brand in the market, no legit competitor

Cons

Way too many layers of management, most of which are pretty weak brown nosing culture puking yes men. Too much propaganda about being entrepreneurial when in reality they are NOT. Product management is weak. They don't actually innovate anything, they just fast follow.

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