Declining engineering culture, poor leadership - Staff Software Engineer LinkedIn Employee Review

2.0
21 Oct 2023
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Pros

Compensation and benefits are decent Good coworkers

Cons

The engineering culture is on a steep decline. There is forced stack ranking for performance reviews that's naively focused on short term impact. Engineering leadership (VPs specifically) is terrible and holds no accountability for themselves, instead trying to pass down the accountability to others lower in their reporting chain. They are unable to push back on product initiatives and instead want ICs to be blamed for not pushing back on initiatives we don't believe in. Terribly inefficient way to do things. WLB is declining because of all this, and burnout across orgs is on the rise. Multiple high performers are unhappy and have already left or are in the middle of plans to.

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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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