The dramatic and unfortunate decline of Linden Lab - Director Linden Lab Employee Review

2.0
Feb 1, 2011
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Pros

The technology and the remaining Lindens are, as always, the biggest attraction.

Cons

Prior to mid-year 2010, LInden Lab was the extraordinary workplace that everyone said that it was (including reviews on this Site); astonishingly bright, accomplished, and interesting developers all working together on the technology years ahead of anything else. In June '10, the slide began--30% of all employees laid off in one day. After this, a steady stream of resignations from among the most experienced and senior Lindens.Philip Rosedale came back as CEO but only stayed three months leaving the Lab without a CEO for another six moths.

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Cons

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1.0
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Pros

Nicest employees I've worked with but no one ends up lasting. Good vacation leave but too hard to take.

Cons

This place was honestly terrible. The people running it didn’t use the product, didn’t understand the customers, and just built whatever they felt like. Then they acted confused when everything failed. The company is run by giant egos who treated employees like used tissues. All the long time employees ended up getting “let go” because they wouldn’t act like puppets or leave because it's hopeless. Then the exact same jobs suddenly opened back up, but only in certain offices. So much for their big WFH culture. The office culture is gone and the rats are leaving the sinking ship. Linden can't increase their user base to save their lives so its only a matter of time. The head of product operations was so toxic someone wrote a fifty page Medium article about it, and the company still didn’t care. Nobody feels safe speaking up. The execs only wanted people who nodded and agreed, and they cared more about themselves than customers or employees. I wouldn’t recommend working here to anyone. It was a total mess.

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