LinkedIn is not a tech company. - Senior Site Reliability Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

1.0
Sep 24, 2016
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Pros

* Pay is good. * Food is decent. * You do not have to do much(if any) work. * With only mediocre people around you rising in ranks is easy(though requires lots of politics).

Cons

* Nothing to learn, except maybe politics. * Engineers around you are mostly mediocre(at best). * Technical management usually consists of people who are incompetent technically. * Management structure is very deep. Every tiny bit of functionality is factored out in a separate team, with it's own management structure. * Fix the culture. Technical culture is non-existent here. Your engineers should be smart and bold, not the reverse (which they are right now).

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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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