Poor tools, mid-level leadership hold a great place to work back - Senior Site Reliability Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
Jan 31, 2016
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Pros

Good compensation. Good benefits. Executive leadership appears to be trying to improve the company. Plenty of great things to do if you can budget your time well enough to do it.

Cons

Senior Engineers are not held to a consistent standard for both hiring and promotions. The engineering tools' systems are a nightmare. If it wasn't built in house, it will not be used. No opportunity for open source solutions Mid-managers are unwilling to fix structural problems. Senior Managers are promoted on their ability to ignore structural problems. Feedback to any leadership is met with hostility and retaliations. Lack of commitment to invest in automation.

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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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