Declining culture, poor product and eng leadership - Staff Software Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
Dec 7, 2024
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Pros

In-office perks are good. Colleagues (ICs) are friendly to work with.

Cons

Honestly, *really* terrible upper management across product and engineering. Poor decision making in launching new products: not waiting for data and constantly trying to go "all in" on shiny new projects that haven't proven themselves yet. The consequence is constant churn of engineering resources, a build-up of tech debt, poor WLB, and no good product to show for all of it. Additionally, upper leadership in engineering, instead of pushing back on product themselves and evaluating whether product initiatives make sense, shifts this accountability to ICs. Inefficient and doesn't make sense at all. Also, as part of this, performance evals have gotten stricter. Despite the public stance of no quotas for PIP, there actually are quotas during calibration discussions. Most engineering teams are underwater and unhappy.

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5.0
Jun 9, 2026
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Pros

Excellent work life balance and great kind of environment

Cons

There is a lot of pressure on deliverables

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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