Boring Stack + New Toxic Culture - Software Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
6 Nov 2023
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Pros

Pay is good There used to be cool things like half fridays Indays Microsoft discounts Benefits

Cons

The work culture at the moment is very toxic never felt ill will towards my direct team but it's essentially your manager and peers vs the upper rungs of leadership. You get to wait for last minute decisions and opaque messaging from leadership together. They spew things about growth and learning but could care less just focus on your cpps and reviews ignore anything that does not support that. Double speak is like air or water at LinkedIn especially from the CEO and C-Suite WLB went down the drain I went from working like 40+ hours a week I'd do some overtime occassionally before ramps and for oncalls at times but it was decent. Near the end it was not uncommon for me to wake up logon remotely as soon as I woke up until like 9 or 10 and night rinse and repeat. They will announce initiatives for new tech and the like every blue moon but very rarely allocate time for teams to execute any of it. Do not be suprised if a project you are working on is cancelled and reorged.

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5.0
9 Jun 2026
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Pros

Excellent work life balance and great kind of environment

Cons

There is a lot of pressure on deliverables

4.0
11 Jun 2026
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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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