Vantaggi
I love working here. I love the people, I love the perks, I love the office, I love the work/life balance. For the most part, all I have is love. LinkedIn does an incredible job proving to it's employees how important we are in making this entire thing happen. Things that are covered: food, drink, gym memberships and healthcare. Fringe benefits include a very flexible opportunity to work from home (assuming you're doing your job), a "lifestyle" allowance that ranges from being able to buy Soul Cycle classes, to having a dog walker. Honestly, it's a bit unbelievable- but mostly amazing.
Svantaggi
Sometimes I feel like I'm left scratching my head in regards to career progression in a way that I still don't fully understand. People are held to different standards, promotions happen for some and not others, despite the "others" out performing and also upholding more internal values of the company. I've seen someone put on a performance plan for hitting below their annual number (in sales this is typical) but in the same breath, saw someone promoted with an even lower percentage of previous year achievement. I still have no idea how that works. There are also departments that are literally ruining the client experience (Billing). I just keep thinking "the soup truck down the street never screws up my payment for yummy chicken noodle soup, how in the hell does one of the best/biggest companies in the world mess up payments for our clients?" -- perhaps I'm just not keen to the intricacies of back end accounting and billings, but it's honestly the worst part of my job; having billing nightmare conversations with clients.