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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Pros

Excellent work life balance and great kind of environment

Cons

There is a lot of pressure on deliverables

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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