Dream job: LinkedIn CEO hands out iPad minis to all employees
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner has given an iPad Mini to every one of LinkedIn's 3,500 employee. Weiner certainly has reason to celebrate as the company had a phenomenal fourth quarter for 2012.
LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner has given an iPad Mini to every one of LinkedIn's 3,500 employee, reports BusinessInsider
LinkedIn employee Darain Faraz who works as a communications manager in the company tweeted about this first. Check out his tweet below.
Later a LinkedIn spokesperson confirmed the news and said,
We wanted to acknowledge the hard work and accomplishments of all of our employees in 2012. During today's biweekly All Hands meeting, we surprised our employees with iPad Minis as a small gesture of the company's gratitude for their contributions.
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Linked CEO Jeff Weiner. Getty Images[/caption]
BusinessInsider also adds that the employees got the $429, 32GB model, not the less-expensive $329 model.
Weiner certainly has every reason to celebrate as the company had a phenomenal fourth quarter for 2012.
The results meant LinkedIn beat analyst estimates for the seventh quarter in a row and sent shares of the company, which have doubled in the past 12 months, soaring. LinkedIn's Q4 revenue stood at $303.6 million, with a net income of $11.5 million.
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