LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner Rewards 3,500 Employees with iPad Minis

[MacRumors]

Business Insider reports that LinkedIn CEO Jeff Weiner has gifted every LinkedIn employee with an iPad mini.

Here's what a spokesperson had to say about the gesture, which was first tweeted by Darain Faraz, a LinkedIn communications manager:

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.

The iPad minis were handed out an an all-hands meeting to each of LinkedIn's 3,500 employees, presumably as a small reward for LinkedIn's record Q4 earnings of $303.6 million. 3,500 iPad minis carry a total retail price of just over $1.2 million, tax included.

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[komodrone]

because he's the weiner

 

[saud0488]

Best place to buy a Mini is now the Bay Area Craigslist.

 

[ChristianVirtual]

Nice gesture from a management to the people working for the success of their company.

 

[iMikeT]

It helps to be LinedIn.

 

[interconnect]

Didn't they get hacked and user passwords were stolen and leaked to the public?! Yeah, hey good job guys, you lost thousands of customers confidential information, but here's an iPad mini.

 

[slu]

How does linked in even make any money, let alone $300 million in a quarter.

 

[Macrolido]

I want to work there.

 

[madsci954]

Jeff Weiner (channeling Oprah): You get an iPad! And you get an iPad! And you get an iPad! Everybody gets an iPad!!!!

 

[doubleaa]

How does linked in even make any money, let alone $300 million in a quarter.

Memberships and advertising. A lot of people use that site, myself included.

 

[dma550]

Jeff Weiner (channeling Oprah): You get an iPad! And you get an iPad! And you get an iPad! Everybody gets an iPad!!!!

Lol, too funny.

I'll bet there is a flood of ipads hitting ebay over the next few days.

 

[chasemac]

How does linked in even make any money, let alone $300 million in a quarter.

They prey on the unemployed.

 

[FakeWozniak]

Remember that shipment that was stolen from JFK. I think that was 3500 Minis... Where was Jeff Weiner at the time?

 

[saud0488]

Remember that shipment that was stolen from JFK. I think that was 3500 Minis... Where was Jeff Weiner at the time?

I think they found the perps. Wasn't hard, they didn't even wait 12 hours before they threw them on CL.

 

[Rogifan]

Best place to buy a Mini is now the Bay Area Craigslist.

Hmm...their loss.

 

[unplugme71]

Too bad that's gotta get tacked on as income to everyone's 2013 taxes. Still paying a decent percentage to the IRS

 

[Dekard]

3500 employees?? How?? Why?? That sounds like 3000 too many...

 

[Mjmar]

But they don't have retina displays!

 

[FF_productions]

Would it have been too much to get the full size iPad?

 

[ugahairydawgs]

Would it have been too much to get the full size iPad?

If he wanted to get the same amount of storage it would have been an extra $170 x 3500 employees. So he could have done it, but it would have cost the company an additional $595k (plus tax).

 

[slu]

Memberships and advertising. A lot of people use that site, myself included.

May I ask what you use it for? I am on there myself, but have found it to be of little value. It seems like an online resume for most people to me.

 

[spb3]

Should have waited for retina.

 

[needfx]

did apple care to quote a better price for those 3500 pieces?

 

[53kyle]

Remember that shipment that was stolen from JFK. I think that was 3500 Minis... Where was Jeff Weiner at the time?

Those weren't minis.

 

[juniormaj]

I'm still fixated on the factoid that LinkedIn has 3,500 employees.