Declining engineering culture, poor leadership - Staff Software Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
Oct 21, 2023
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Pros

Compensation and benefits are decent Good coworkers

Cons

The engineering culture is on a steep decline. There is forced stack ranking for performance reviews that's naively focused on short term impact. Engineering leadership (VPs specifically) is terrible and holds no accountability for themselves, instead trying to pass down the accountability to others lower in their reporting chain. They are unable to push back on product initiatives and instead want ICs to be blamed for not pushing back on initiatives we don't believe in. Terribly inefficient way to do things. WLB is declining because of all this, and burnout across orgs is on the rise. Multiple high performers are unhappy and have already left or are in the middle of plans to.

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Pros

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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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