Trying to be an engineering culture... - Senior UI Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

3.0
Apr 19, 2016
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Pros

The pay and the benefits are nice. There's a pretty decent work-life balance (but can be bad, depending on the team). There are some genuinely smart people working there. There's a solid mission that I believe a few people actually believe in.

Cons

Some ancient technologies and processes (SVN, JSPs, bad tooling, etc.). Getting code reviewed and deployed is a painful process. The tooling hinders more than it helps. Trying to become an "engineering culture" place, but isn't a technology company. This seems to be driven from management as opposed to from the ground-up, in an attempt to attract more Bay Area talent away from companies like Facebook and Google. Current turbulence as large restructuring in departments occurs and the stock price has fallen over 50%, causing a pivot in business plans.

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Cons

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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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