Tech IndustryDec 16, 2019
SAPSavlon

Curious: is LinkedIn Underrated?

All tech and even non tech folks are fascinated by Facebook, Apple, Netflix, Google, Uber and the Airbnbs but no one seems to care about LinkedIn despite good performance, high salaries.. The way I see it Linkedin makes a similar product as Facebook but with even more room for growth and even somehow avoids scandals which Facebook loves to get tangled in. So whats the catch? Too small? Too boring? Too under the radar? Microsoft puppet?

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Google phYh45 Dec 16, 2019

LinkedIn is sightly under the radar in the blind community, but in certain Chinese communities, definitely wasn't under the radar. In fact they used to use the acronym FLAG often for the top desired places to work.

SAP Savlon OP Dec 16, 2019

Whats the A stand for? 😁

Google phYh45 Dec 16, 2019

Apple. I used to work for Amazon and we had joked about that in the past.

Tableau 0kool Dec 16, 2019

It is overrated I think. Don't you see it thrown around here all the time?

SAP Savlon OP Dec 16, 2019

Everyone here is obsessed with FAANG. Definitey leas LinkedIn talk than all companies in FAANG (except Netflix lol)

PayPal #5Pr@x76 Dec 16, 2019

Agreed. LinkedIn is overrated.

SAP Savlon OP Dec 16, 2019

Why?

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scheme Dec 16, 2019

Underrated for sure. My friends say that WLB is great.

LinkedIn oeKY66 Dec 16, 2019

Depends on org and vertical

Apple vaporize Dec 16, 2019

Which ones have good balance

Huawei RustyCafe Dec 16, 2019

I didn't think of LinkedIn as a top company until I started reading Blind. They make a single product, a website. Why is it so hyped?

LinkedIn cd- Dec 16, 2019

That like saying Facebook only have one product, a website. If it’s free, you’re not the customer, you’re the product. The website is not the product, it’s the honeypot.

Huawei RustyCafe Dec 16, 2019

I have the same complaints about Facebook. These single website companies just don't seem as cool to me but I understand they make big money too.

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NonCodeSW1 Dec 16, 2019

FLAANG?

Google phYh45 Dec 16, 2019

FLAG

T-Mobile heckoworld Dec 16, 2019

FANGMULLA

LinkedIn loudfan Dec 16, 2019

Savagely overrated.

LinkedIn loudfan Dec 16, 2019

Bunch of random internationals and smug internal employees hyping it up here. Pay is good and some fine engineers but it’s not a good company.

Apple vaporize Dec 16, 2019

Loudfan why not ? I was lookjng for a move there

Yelp salesGod Dec 16, 2019

Linkedin is definitely not overrated 1. Dropbox level food 2. FAANG level pay 3. Great offices and perks

Microsoft EwNc66 Dec 17, 2019

LinkedIn is junk - it’s overpaid and overspoilt

LinkedIn abcbaa Dec 17, 2019

If that’s the case, what else you need in life 😎

LinkedIn kshart Dec 17, 2019

Weird, a salty Microsoft employee...

LinkedIn Tendulkar9 Dec 17, 2019

You decide for yourself:- Good pay especially with MSFT stocks, WLB including things like InDays, food. Interview bar same as FAANG

LinkedIn larano Dec 17, 2019

Is interview bar really the same? I failed the Google and Facebook interviews but got an offer here

LinkedIn Tendulkar9 Dec 18, 2019

I’d say same as FANG average. A bit lower than FB and google but higher than amazon.