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Impressively effective, stunningly ethical

Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Current Employee
Has worked at LinkedIn for 1 year
April 15, 2020
Sunnyvale, California
5.0
RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO
Pros

The benefits package is very compelling and reflects an emphasis on taking care of their employees.

The response the company/leadership has had to COVID-19 has been stunning. They are extremely transparent and open with regards to planning.

In addition to adapting and accommodating, they have launched several things to help the world at large:

  • Re-purposing all of their recruiting for free for hospitals and such.
  • Direct money donations.
  • Increasing charity matching.
  • Providing many free memberships for displaced employees.
  • And others.
Cons

The only con I have seen so far is an over-emphasis on doing everything ourselves. There is a history of developing technology in-house, which sometimes leads to incredible technology like Kafka. However, in other cases, this is a barrier to getting up to speed and can result in tools and technology that don't compete with some industry standards.

Advice to Management

Please just keep doing what you're doing. I am genuinely impressed with how things are being run, and hope to see things continue as they are.

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