I have an entry level offer to start at LinkedIn. Overall I'm pumped for the opportunity and excited about the company. With recent things I've read and heard, I have a few questions/concerns. I'd love to hear opinions especially from current and former LinkedIn employees. (1)Salary is alright, but definitely tight for living in SF. Are salary increases reasonable and not too far apart as you grow your career there? (2)Is it possible and doable to move from the BLP into other departments than sales, like digital marketing? (3)Are people at LinkedIn concerned about the culture shifting negatively within the next year or two with the Microsoft acquisition and other factors?
I haven't heard too many stories of non-tech moving to completely different orgs, such as from sales to marketing. Except a sales VP is now a PM VP. Our marketing org is just responsible for user growth and our b2b products is marketed directly from our sales org. If you are in sales, you really shouldn't focus on base salary.
How are stock refreshes, bonus @ LI?
I heard that qualtrics is going IPO this year, why are you leaving now?
He is PiPed
A number of personal reasons mostly: ready for a change in scenery, I don't feel like what I have to gain in IPO is worth staying, my career growth feels stumped, and I wanna live in SF.
What's the offer like, tight?
LinkedIn has a great culture and benefits. It's a fun place to work and I enjoy working with most of my colleagues from around the world. One of the best things is that working for a company dedicated to professional networking can be a great boost for your career. 1. I got promoted the first year and got a salary raise of 18%. Then got a raise of 8% 10 months later and bonus. Really depends on your role and part of the business I would just say stay on top of your performance reviews, ask for feedback regularly, and contribute big ideas and implement solutions to the big objectives that your boss cares about. 2. Possible yes. Easy probably not. Good thing is LinkedIn promotes exploring new roles as long as you're a strong performer. 3. Definitely! Things are already changing and not necessarily for the better. Also don't see a lot of genuine excitement anymore from colleagues which is a shame. Hard to find good managers as well.
LinkedIn is a second tier company. If you can't make it to Google, FB and Uber, you work for LI
Hahaha "Uber"
Uber the taxi dispatch app? Oh I forgot, you have self driving tech too - or did I read somewhere that that was actually not yours at all.....