Depends on the team - Site Reliability Engineer Manager LinkedIn Employee Review

3.0
May 2, 2019
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Pros

Well resourced infrastructure. Good pay/benefits. A chance to work at very large scale seldom found in our industry.

Cons

Stale/older tech in many areas. Little to no product or program manager presence. Not the best in project management. There was a big drive a few years ago to make a tier of Sr managers to scale the SRE org. Most of those round of Sr managers are shockingly clueless and power mad. 2/3 of the Directors/Sr Directors in SRE are below average, so make sure if you are going into SRE you hire on with the one good director. Ask around to know who that is. Everyone knows. Don't take a job with the badly led teams. you might think it'll be fine, but it's not worth the facepalm blisters you'll have.

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Excellent work life balance and great kind of environment

Cons

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4.0
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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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