THE DOWNFALL OF LINKEDIN - PROFESSIONAL NETWORK TO CLOWNSHOW

[@JoshuaFluke1]

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[@Sonnabend00]

Greatest city in the world..Paris? Rome?

[@KingShango83]

@joshuafluke1 I would pay for A list of em so they can be blocked would make a fantastic browser plugin annoyance blocker

[@mpty2022]

IMO linkedin shows the reality of corporate culture

[@vaikjsf34a]

Linkedin went down the shitter when they started allowing the scam/spam wfh "jobs" aka pyramid & MLM schemes.

[@SingleCHILDLESSHappyMovement]

Young people, please keep having children to be

[@paxsevenfour]

My dad used to tell me, “Being late wastes their time; being early wastes your time. Just be on time.”

[@glitterkitty1979]

Your Dad is wise

[@ericrawson2909]

Being early for important meetings allows a little contingency in case you are delayed en route and avoids the stress of being late. There are other benefits. When I was a project manager I used to get to work an hour or two before everyone else. I got so much work done before the team arrived and then my time was taken up responding to their needs. I found it a successful strategy. It was easy to keep up with routine admin, rather than struggling to do it while being interrupted. Projects were well managed which didn't go unnoticed by my customers and my managers.

[@ordinary1passerby]

And if you are stuck in a traffic, then everyone wastes everyone's time.

[@markgreen2170]

@@ordinary1passerby haha, if you knew how to drive and what routes' to take, you wouldn't be 'stuck' in traffic!

[@ordinary1passerby]

@@markgreen2170 and if you knew what traffic jams are, you wouldn't be thinking like that.

[@treyedean]

"I nearly died in a freak car accident. Here's 5 tips I learned to boost e-commerce sales while bleeding out on the highway." lol

[@christopherwhitley9923]

I actually laughed out loud, Good one.

[@overcomerbtboj]

🤣😂🤣🤣

[@shuwylicious]

😂

[@AirPurificationEducation]

LOL! Good one! 🤣

[@riccc6125]

For some reason I feel like making a satire LinkedIn account.

[@kylemacarthur9863]

Fake jobs, fake accomplishments, fake feelings, fake humanity, and fake posts... I don't see what's not to love.

[@Dragon-Believer]

The worst part is that fake doesn't have to be bad. They just make it that way. You can be nice to people even if you don't like them. Nobody has a problem with that.

[@danaso2567]

"Proud to, honored to, exited to"... fill out with whatever crap you would like. Also, the amount of BS job titles, woow

[@skyhigh9474]

One good thing about that is you don't feel bad if you are letting them down or lying to them or playing them in office politics. Except there are few guys who are genuine personally and professionally. Them you don't play with and be genuine and kind towards. It's basically give back each their own treatment. But this becomes tough if the culture itself has become quite toxic where there is no hope. Then better to switch jobs.

[@Johnzen03]

That’s just social media in general.

[@PhilAndersonOutside]

You left out the fact nearly every job listed on there is fake too. “Ghost jobs”.

[@RyanIZReaper]

“My dog was hit by a car this morning, here’s what it taught me about overcoming adversity”

[@JoeBlow-fp5ng]

"I realized throwing myself harder into my work and working many unpaid OT hours helped me overcome"

[@omahanprabla3058]

Holy f the cringe bs 🤣🤣🤣🤣 it cannot get more pretentiously patronizing up in there I swear.

[@Jack_Garland78]

I would ask "Was it YOUR car the dog was hit by?"

[@edukaeshn]

"Here's how being a sociopath jumpstarted my career"

[@noname-gp6hk]

I kind of want to create a LinkedIn page now and write the most unhinged articles like that possible and just see where it takes me "I hit a school bus this morning while answering emails while driving to the office, but didn't cause enough damage to my car to make me stop or pull over. I learned that no matter what kind of adversity life throws your way, if you just stay on the throttle then everything works itself out in the end."

[@TomEdward2099]

When CEOs openly admit that honesty is a "red flag", it goes to show you how awfully broken the leadership structure of our organizations has become.

[@elroma7712]

ENRON 2.0

[@pspmaster2071]

It's unfortunate but the lesson is don't deal with them too honestly...only let them know what is absolutely necessary.

[@oneoranota]

It's not about honesty, it's about branding "I'm looking for work" ON YOUR FACE. If you are looking for work, just mention in your description that you are looking for new challenges or whatever. Being too direct shows that you have no game and are probably socially challenged.

[@meglukes]

And we trust that these random people on LinkedIn represent the consensus unspoken opinion because…?

[@charles9571]

Try being honest for as long as you can. If you're lucky, an honest employer hires you and it's a match made in heaven.

[@helenarichard]

"I saved a dog on the way to a job interview this morning in traffic. Then I arrived at the interview. The interviewer was the dog."

[@Olliemets]

🤣🤣😂😂🤣🤣

[@yya1795]

did u get hired in the end? XD

[@daveys]

Minds were b-l-o-w-n!

[@officialnotesonlifepodcast]

This! Lol

[@rwillia99]

And he hired the cat instead!

[@Bregylais]

Someone wrote somewhere, that everybody on LinkedIn writes as if they've got a (corporate) gun held to their head, and I can't unsee it now.

[@stevenh4669]

It's the ultimate cucking, at work you're supposed to take the pics for birthdays or corp events/meetings for the HR email thing. LinkedIn is bringing that to the outside world for further humiliation.

[@RealHomeRecording]

@@Bregylais 😂

[@thelordoftime803]

Yeah, because your employer is most likely to find you there, potential recruiters can also find you there, people in general write on the internet like that if they're using their real name. It's easy for "bregylais" or "the lord of time" to talk smack, it's not that easy when it's our real name.

[@sierraecho884]

Hhahahahaha 100%

[@RealHomeRecording]

@@thelordoftime803 great points!

[@pashanoble9359]

I despise LinkedIn. I despise corporate culture.

[@zugzug6773]

My boss and the HR ladies friended me on there and I felt like I had to accept.

[@cryptojoecoin5480]

Most people on here have no life. They are slaves, and they want you to be as miserable as them. If you’re not, then they try to destroy you.

[@christinec8818]

It's amazing any actual work gets done as it would seem 6 hours a day is expected to be devoted to bs and mind games. Nothing but feather fluffing and ego coddling. I'd rather teach snakes to count on their toes!

[@impulsesystems]

@@zugzug6773 So they can tell when you are looking for a job...

[@drw1926]

Amen to that.

[@gonzalogca4907]

I noticed LinkedIn was going down the toilet a couple years ago when all the post were pretty much: “This 80 year old person was homeless, blind and an ex-con with no experience. I took a chance in him and now he’s my most valuable employee”.

[@wordysmith]

Replaced last year with “Ukrainian”. I wonder what the next flavour will be

[@fuzzy-supernova]

@wordysmith how to tell people you're a clown without telling that you're a clown.

[@0MoTheG]

Just shows that social media is not the reality but a small fraction of crazy people.

[@ChiBruiser]

Yes, he missed pretty much this whole category of LinkedIn posts, which I think fall under virtue signaling. I came across yet another one of these today.

[@Pandafan101]

"What dying has taught me about B2B Sales"

[@agamersinsanity]

that's just sad xD they need to touch grass or something.

[@BloodBathFenix]

Also look at the formatting of that linkedin post, it was written by chatgpt and copy pasted.

[@servusvero]

@@agamersinsanity if i didnt have to work i wouldnt and since nothing pays im good

[@simonebernacchia5724]

Got to think at G2G sales (grave to grave)

[@neil12011]

😂💀

[@_GOD_HAND_]

There's a perfect term I heard someone use to describe LinkedIn: "toxic positivity"

[@MegaGasek]

How can positivity be toxic? LinkedIn. Agree 100%.

[@Rainy_Day12234]

Virtue signaling is a disease.

[@LeadershipEvolutionAcademy]

Uff that’s exactly it haha

[@keikofilms]

Top

[@lessthanthreemetal]

Just like at every tech company.

[@AshurbanipalSonofAshurhaddon]

Imagine hiring someone who is looking for a job?! What such absurd idea.

[@RamonChiNangWong078]

"people looking for a job" Some CEO: RED FLAG! RED FLAG!RED FLAG! Yeah, Linkedin is a clown show

[@dongmingzhu666]

And so is Yammer😂 Everyday you get posts like “we are a big family!😂😂

[@Kehwanna]

Reminds me of the nightmare days when I was looking for work after college. I remembered all the conflicting and arbitrary advice HR people who spoke at my university would give, most of which was just extremely nitpicky standards like judging people by handshakes, not using Times New Roman, colored ties, and so much f**king stupid stuff. Then there would be the ones that say they stop reading once they see more than a one-page resume and others saying a more than one-page resume is fine. THEN! There was the one that said they stop reading if they see "dear hiring manager" instead of trying to figure out the specific hiring manager (have fun with that) and others saying putting dear hiring manager is fine. Infuriating process.

[@zack6012]

This was my worry with using that badge. only time it would make sense would be if you're currently employed, but then your coworkers could see you're trying to leave so you get ushered out the door. It's like dating. everyone is looking for someone who's single, but the fact you're single is technically a concern for some people... are you single because you're undesirable or are you desperate. Supposedly men in relationships have better "game" than single guys.

[@ChrisPTY507]

LinkedIn is a second Facebook at this point. I dont even interact with the home section and just focus on the job board pages. So much clownery and fakery around, its disgusting and annoying.

[@alf3071]

like insta and dating lol

[@Dr.Kananga]

CEOs are spitting on employees who are working from home yet they're posting pictures of them working everywhere but the office.

[@jmal]

"It's fine when WE do it!" - CEOs

[@novadhd]

Only if they are on vacation

[@andrewcarlson2178]

Social media turns literally anyone and everyone into narcissists

[@cryptojoecoin5480]

The hatred for working at home comes from someone who wants to control you and is clearly not interested in quality of your work. Run!

[@Dr.Kananga]

@@cryptojoecoin5480 100%

[@mikecisneros-franco8560]

I am thrilled to anounce that I thoroughly enjoyed your video. Your work ethic and dedication to providing value to your viewers is unmatched. I have no doubt that your high-quality content will inspire countless professionals to rethink their approach to social media. The way you dissected the artificial nature of LinkedIn posts was nothing short of revolutionary. Your insights are not just eye-opening, but they are the kind of wisdom that could only come from someone truly in touch with the modern professional landscape. I’m confident that this video will be a game-changer in the industry, setting a new standard for authenticity and transparency. Looking forward to seeing more of your groundbreaking work!

[@bas1010]

And that, my friends, is a LinkedIn post!

[@annalehman93941]

😂 your sarcasm is the best in this bullshit bingo game

[@qanon_qanon]

Nearly though i had landed on LinkedIn for a moment......

[@cooganbeggs4942]

Pure gold 😂

[@fsaldan1]

Brilliant!

[@KindredEmotions]

Any employee willing to sleep in a rental car to "save the company money" is not someone I would want promoted over other employees. If they see nothing wrong with neglecting themselves, they won't think twice about doing it to others.

[@anthonyfaucy2761]

More like 'demoted to customer' 😂

[@Villanelle2]

Agreed. Typically people who “sacrifice” that much to impress a boss or get a promotion will be a most ungracious, merciless boss to work for.

[@glenyoung1809]

@@Villanelle2 Yep, that's true because they'll measure your willingness to do the same thing for the company and if not you're seen as not being dedicated enough. In school we called these people teacher's pets and most of those types are typically manipulative backstabbers and rats(ie they see make a minor infringement and they're on the phone to HR within a minute). Plus which sleeping in your car is very unsafe in many big cities and is extremely risky as in you'll get robbed or carjacked or arrested for vagrancy in some places.

[@alastor8091]

What a racist thing to say.

[@jotr.9786]

as*kisser, they're nice to the boss and treat horrible the people under their management

[@GraphicJ]

Linked In is a glorified Social media for corporate narcissists.

[@CheaplaffsJohnson]

" 👏👏👏 Here, Here!" Classic LinkedIn response inserted

[@notreallydavid]

'We work hard and play hard, and we like saying 'Going forward'.'

[@samsunglg6671]

This is funny and true 🎯

[@Toubabou]

Facebook for bored professionals

[@listrahtes]

When I looked into it, it felt just like a huge pool of liars and pretenders. Everyone is a CEO...etc

[@carlosenriquecastanedaguti8130]

Yesterday I was hit by a rock, here are 5 lessons I've learnt about leadership and building a company......

[@immanueldiai8089]

The problem is not with LinkedIn itself. It is with the people on the platform. No matter how much technology evolves, human nature finds a way to stay the same.

[@jameshorton3692]

Exactly, and it’s actually worse than IG or Facebook or anything else bc on linked in you can’t get trolled for being cringe.

[@infdox9051]

The people love to use others

[@joshdee7639]

No. Its Linkedin itself. Its literally built to be another social media platform.

[@mecanuktutorials6476]

It was ok until Microsoft took the helm. I remember it used to just be your online resume and a way to “build your network” by connecting to work colleagues and classmates

[@JSmith73]

The virtue signalling and narcissism is *through the roof* on LinkedIn. Some of the posts are good, but it's just *such* a bloody onslaught of look-at-how -great-we-are..

[@AD-mo5sg]

As an outsider (blue collar worker) LinkedIn has always appeared as a self congratulatory circle jerk, while simultaneously thanking the organisation they work for giving them the privilege to earn a living. I may not get it but it just looks a bit sad and gross.

[@honkhonk8009]

Nah you get it perfectly. Its only business majors and HR clowns who pull this stupid shit. Your average engineer doing all the real work, while these clowns push paper doing basically nothing, and acting hard over it. I respect lawyers more than HR workers cus at least they do shit

[@JoBlakeLisbon]

You're 100 percent right

[@CallistoPili]

You see people posting message about their achievements, even a kitchen masterclass achievement for a manager. or people posting emotional messages. how can we trust genuine contacta. absurd.

[@BuckNaked2k]

Amen. I deleted my account years ago.

[@Ofelas1]

All the influencers, no experience, nothing achieved but 29 year old influencer on whatever is a hot topic

[@PhilJonesIII]

I had open-heart surgery and skipped the anesthetic so I could continue working....on the weekend, during my vacation.

[@davidcottrell1308]

LOL🤣🤣

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

What dedication! I'll pay you 1.50 per half hour...

[@PhilJonesIII]

@@gothboschincarnate3931 It's not about the money, apparently. (Do people still fall for that line?)

[@Interdacted]

"Sorry but we've seen a decline in your work quota. So we would like to offer you a new position in our company. And bye that we mean we think it would be better if you took some time off without pay." - how I imagine management would be

[@dissident1337]

If being open to work is a red flag to a CEO it's a boss you don't want to work for anyway. Let them filter themselves out.

[@softwarerevolutions]

every recruiter these days

[@FinnGamble]

Being active on LinkedIn, in any shape or form, strikes me as a red flag. I have never been able to stand it. It has been an exhibition of narcissism since nearly its inception.

[@K24Z3CU2]

@@FinnGambleIn the past I’ve had recruiters reach out to me and then tell me that they have this really good job that I would be a good fit for… then would ask for my CV - I’m thinking are you that dumb you have to ask for something that is completely the same as the stupid LinkedIn profile?? Then when you ignore them, they continue to hound you only ever on LinkedIn chat and call you “mate” all the time, and you look at their profile and they have only been at their current job for 3 months!!😂😂😂

[@watamatafoyu]

But how accurate is he that most hiring managers see it as a red flag?

[@richardthomas5362]

These "hiring managers" see that as a red flag, then wonder why they can't find someone to do the work. Before starting my own business I saw the job hunting wasteland: Most of these bozo hiring managers wrote their job description in such a way that it is clear they are looking to get employees from their competitor rather than train people. Or they want people who are totally familiar with their industry. Sometimes, it looks like they are fishing for advice on how to expand their business and want to hear from potential job applicants, kind of like getting free advice. Then, again, they wonder why they can't find anyone to work for them.

[@howardbeale5303]

I look forward to the day LinkedIn goes out of business. It's a toxic cocktail of narcissists and losers.

[@markgreen2170]

you don't have to wait, just "walk away!" ...

[@DistrustHumanz]

If the universe had a sense of humor, LinkedIn would buy the stadium of your local sports team.

[@howardbeale5303]

@@markgreen2170 - If I could I would.

[@Luis-ng4fb]

Linked in has never made sense to me

[@scottmorton1202]

There are a lot web entities that have outlived any usefulness they once touted,

[@shivahnshankar]

My favourite: “I am humbled that I was awarded the best performance award”.

[@majorgear1021]

Flex posts are everywhere. Even tech forums on reddit. Can someone help me configure my $10k home router? lol, they be flexing that router.

[@cdiz765]

"washing dishes.."...lol

[@doncorleone3901]

​@majorgear1021 atleast he has paid for and bought that router - that's real flex. What meaning does a performance award paper have? Everyone gets one or the other of these things anyway. Two different things. Problem with linkedin is that even genuine achievement is lost in all that croaking

[@enclaveofdoom]

Someone already said it, it's not a job crisis, it's an ethical hiring crisis.

[@tc98826]

People have probably been saying that since jobs first began

[@Nick_Taylor.]

First time I've heard it phrased this way, and I'm saving this.

[@alexs3973]

Linkedin is truly the worst of all the social media platforms. And that's quite the achievement, considering the competition.

[@tenhundredkills]

I always thought it was Twitter...until I see these awful posts on LinkedIn.

[@slowery43]

yet they wish to charge >$5000/mo per seat for recruiting companies

[@Cenot4ph]

Yea I hate interacting on it. I use it as an online resume and keep some networking connections on there

[@K24Z3CU2]

I think the same that it’s worthless, in regard to the connections, there is not much point, they never ever interact with you. It is probably best not to be on there at all, move on and don’t care what others are doing when you leave… like in the past before it existed!

[@alkaholic4848]

Nah it's bad, but it still can't compete with tiktok or X. At least it's not a tool for Ji Xinping to mind control the West. Or a tool for Musk to do the same on the behalf of his multiple foreign lenders, promoting racist extreme nationalism and civil unrest.

[@roberthuismans3533]

Its the f*cking jargon that kills me.

[@drw1926]

OMG yes 👍🏼

[@nimblehuman]

"Proven track record with synergistic paradigm development blahblahblah"...yeah, it's insufferable.

[@RocketPropelledWombat]

Couldn't agree more, f*cking jargon is known to kill people, this is why we must adopt a more professional approach to mitigating jargon. Love your ideas you're a thought leader.

[@mattitudever90]

People do make very basic and simple things, sound extremely complicated on LinkedIn for some reason

[@vicariousjohnson9823]

LinkedIn went the way of TED talks. It started with a good idea, but rapidly became so diluted and off target it is now worthless.

[@kevinh5349]

Self-absorded aywholes talking to a room full of self-absorbed aywholes. Don't get me going on TED talks.

[@donnafromnyc]

And Reid Hoffman set it up that way. Nasty piece of globaloney.

[@IlfordRetro]

Will LinkedIn become the new Myspace?!

[@lassikinnunen]

​@@IlfordRetroprobably if it isn't already

[@bobross1829]

100% on TED talks. They quickly became insufferable and all about a bunch of legends in their own minds lecturing people and patting each other, or worse, themselves, on the back. The smug was everywhere.

[@CrimeBeanus]

I'm 12 years deep in tech and jaded. I hate these people and this industry. I earn a good bag and put on a face, but I could never with this "we are family" BS. Just gimme my goddam paycheck, no I don't want the company merch thanks.

[@bpadev5904]

I started early in tech as well, but still young and already hitting my wall with this corporate world. I really consider chasing a true passion for less instead of dealing with these people.

[@overtremendouslyblah]

I've thought of training for a skilled trade. That might be a good option

[@anthonybarnes]

Same here. I'm seriously looking at regular professions without the corporate bullshit, even though pay is much less.

[@Skaggs666]

I was 10 years in and finally had enough. I left and joined the navy. And I’ll tell you man, this military gig is cake compared to being an engineer.

[@erocss]

So true, so tired of the BS.

[@codefinity]

Thanks!

[@JoshuaFluke1]

Hey thanks!!

[@LensForgotten]

Deleted my account. Refreshing.

[@creeper2054]

When I retired 3 years ago, I changed my profile picture to a beach at sunset. Then I deleted the body of my profile and replaced it with a quote from Hunter S. Thompson. I am quite happy with it.

[@DomnulSarb]

How do you look for jobs now?

[@creeper2054]

​@@DomnulSarb Is there a law that states you need a LinkedIn profile to find a job?

[@LensForgotten]

@@DomnulSarb indeed, FlexJobs,ladders. You don’t need LinkedIn.

[@joshdee7639]

Im honestly on the verge of deleting every form of social media. The being 'connected to everyone' at all times has gotten extremely old. Im also in my 30's so i've lived the 20's social aspect.

[@kitzune_gp]

The "IN" in LinkedIn stands for insufferable.

[@dhillanchandramowli5670]

And this is UNderrated 👌

[@weston407]

I’m a firefighter and have been working for my fire department for the last 10 years and honestly it’s really nice not having to deal with corporate nonsense. We have our own local government nonsense to deal with, but it’s pretty easy to just do your job and blend in. Also, it’s AMAZING not having to hunt for a new job every few years. My gf told me how nuts the entire job hunt ordeal has become in the last decade and it sounds absolutely miserable.

[@rangingaway92]

I'm thinking about deleting my linkedin, it's nearly worthless.

[@dertythegrower]

I realized that 2023 in about 3 minutes when someone asked where mine was 😂

[@ShotgunWizard]

Yup, it’s full of narcissists

[@FJB2020LGB]

It’s not useless. I’m currently taking FMLA. Because of LinkedIn I’ve got to watch over a dozen coworkers stalk me daily on LinkedIn, including my upper boss who looks at my profile weekly.

[@yummyfunnybunny5167]

I just made a career change and got my new job. LinkedIn played ZERO part in getting me a job. Even though everyone told me I needed it

[@sparkplug8763]

I get on Linkedin maybe once a month and forget I have an account for the rest of the month. It's pretty great.

[@daveblackman816]

It’s become the preachy Facebook but instead of memes, it’s people bowing to their companies or CEOs bragging about playoffs

[@dertythegrower]

its like a junkier version of the junky book that copied myspaceTom

[@dertythegrower]

facebook and linkedin are no different than myspace

[@infdox9051]

Preachy how you should play into their little scam

[@ZetaReticuli_]

@@dertythegrower It's worse. Because at least with MySpace, you customize your page with cool graphics, and find some cool independent bands and stream their music.

[@TamekaGraham]

You again

[@briandeschene8424]

As soon as I saw corporations draw closer to LinkedIn after another large heartless corporation Microsoft acquired it, I knew its past value to actual career professionals was doomed.

[@michaelmcnally1242]

Young people: never, ever ever try to save your company money. Unless I guess if it is literally your company. If you're working for a company that can afford to pay lots of people and rent fancy office space, nobody will ever notice that you stayed in a slightly cheaper hotel. Spend all the money that you possibly can in all circumstances. If the maximum weren't good enough it wouldn't be the maximum.

[@uwayzofoster4753]

At the least, don’t sleep in the company car or even your own car if you’re being paid Per Diem for food and hotel/motel.

[@christianrakar9333]

I tried to save company's money by staying at a friend's place, my colleague that stayed with me didn't have my back and later informed to give back lunch money,, which amounted to around $50, even though I saved them over $500, learned it the hard way, never again.

[@Soaring_Penguin]

This is true! And I want to add this: In some cases, your only reward for saving the company money is that you (or someone else) will get a smaller budget next time. So next time someone needs to go on a business trip, they'll get much less money for a hotel stay, because you just proved to the company that this trip can be done much cheaper. Whenever your company gives you a budget for something, spend it ALL!

[@servusvero]

only time im saving money is if they are paying in cash or i get an allowence for trips and can keep the money, i a penny pincher, but if i see no money ya im spending everything i can

[@servusvero]

@@uwayzofoster4753 if u could keep that money then i could understand sleeping in the car

[@jwetzel3141]

A handful of my colleagues have passed. And linkedin still puts up their work anniversaries. People comment “congrats! Haven’t seen you in a while!”

[@hectorirene763]

You call those “ people” BOTS.

[@Toshinben]

Like a scene out of American Psycho! 'I just had lunch with him last week!'

[@cdiz765]

omg how awful

[@adonisengineering5508]

@@hectorirene763 Funniest thing is when deceased ones start answering, giving pitches for some scams, because they got hijacked by password data leaks.

[@qanon_qanon]

Very funny! just tells you how much you are to a Company and Colleagues - nothing........

[@Answersonapostcard]

Linkedin is the worst social network of all time. The worst form of virtue signalling is of the corporate type.

[@tannazdevadasi9719]

Maybe the picture of the woman in the toilet was actually taken by the camera installed by the company to check how long you "waste" company's time in the bathroom.

[@sa3270]

Or so you can videoconference from the bathroom.

[@PuddilyOops]

@@sa3270gross

[@life_of_riley88]

Boss makes a dollar, I make a dime, that's why I poop on *Company Time*

[@AlexDanielCPhT]

If I was a toilet and someone posted a pic of me, I wouldn't say anything.

[@nurlindafsihotang49]

I'll sue them to oblivion

[@Magnus689]

It's a self-ball-licking platform.

[@theyjustwantyourmoney4539]

😂😂😂😂

[@ephraimjackson8416]

I’m wheezin..😂

[@patrickcardon1643]

Best description yet of that site

[@JohnDoeRando]

I read that in Duke Nukem's voice lol.

[@WTHenry2023]

😂😆😂😆 😂😆😂

[@sirrob6017]

OMG, thanks for the video. I totally agree with everything you say. I can't stand LinkedIn now. It's just full of narcissistic people posting endlessly on how great they are. Every time I use it I just get angry. Everyone is so unnaturally positive and false.

[@bak794]

It’s a red flag to find work? Well, good luck to that company finding new employees.

[@tenhundredkills]

I guarantee they're the same companies that complain "Nobody wants to work anymore!".

[@DriftWizard750]

That’s why all the illegals are here!

[@softwarerevolutions]

The will prefer to go out of business than hiring people "open to work". Sad truth.

[@chriscampbell9191]

Exactly. American Business is sick. It no longer understands how to hire people. Probably a lot of the corporate businesses got rid of the actual people they had, whose job was to hire people, and they replaced them with AI-bots on dodgy, corporate HR websites.

[@CoOlKyUbI96]

It is as backwards as entry job listings requiring several years of experience in order to apply

[@alcoyot]

God so much cringe. The lady who thinks sleeping in her car is gonna get her a promotion. Holy shit. Is this what corporations are actually like?

[@stoneneils]

She mighe if she works at a 'car-to-aparment conversion kit' company lol.

[@alcoyot]

@@stoneneils the worst part is that she is going to weaponize it as a grievance when they promote someone more competent.

[@michelep9477]

Yup, she is either going to be seen as a pushover who gets worked to the bone and then gets PIP'ed...or she will get promoted. Depends on where you work but these companies and the people working there are utterly insane

[@tenhundredkills]

I only see two possibilities: 1. The post was staged for the LinkedIn clout. 2. She's legitimately crazy and really did sleep in her car to "advance her career". Either way, it's ludicrous!

[@fouresterofthetrees287]

Our agency told us that if our connecting flight gets canceled, DO NOT sleep in the airport. It makes the agency look bad. Get a hotel. You will be reimbursed.

[@SebSto3D]

I knew LinkedIN is bad, but wow. This is so wrong on so many levels

[@philliparnold6762]

When I had my motorcycle accident, I learned that if a bee is in your helmet, CALMLY pull over as soon as you notice it.

[@uwayzofoster4753]

I need to take this advice for when there’s a spider in my car that decides to drop down right in front of my face while driving. It’s happened to me twice and fortunately there were no other cars harmed!

[@stoneneils]

Dude can yu please stop that. My cousins didn't and is dead as of 2022. A van burned a light and he was squashed. You don't have control over your life on a motorcycle. Everybody else does.

[@Thr0mamay]

A bee landed on my crotch while driving. I learned not slap myself in the crotch.

[@alejmc]

What? You didn’t learn anything B2B or marketing or MBA/sales/Finance bros insights with that Bee in your helmet? I’m afraid that’s a red flag!

[@sergeytopala9859]

you literally had bee in your bonnet

[@TheDailyDose404]

My college pushed us to start LinkedIn pages right out of the gate. Now as a recent grad I don’t used it whatsoever. Lol. It’s a bunch of bored office people who likes to bully others.

[@FJB2020LGB]

Or stalk you when you take FMLA

[@NishantSharma-tr6xl]

@@FJB2020LGB fmla ?

[@omarjimenezromero3463]

linkedin had banshadow me every now and then after i explode the desk of some hr or some "profesional" arguments online, they just "escape" the fight because they do not want other people watch they are not as corporate respectful like the others think they do, i am cybersecurity specialist, and i got messages from companies every now and then with people wanting cyber security specialists but paying less than a mcdonald worker in a 24 hour shift, they usually send messages that brag about there are not enough cyber security specialist and at the same time ask to one to do the job for free, is very strange watch that combination in the messages, other times i receive the classical "we need a 7 years experience python developer, but we are going to pay him less than an intern, the job description is going to name a fullstack with 10 technologies, and the code tester is going to be a psychologist".

[@kaylove4507]

Yeah I graduated about 12 years ago and we were highly encouraged to create a LinkedIn and I did it I went full force with it because it was so new at the time that we weren't for sure that it worked but it was new and everybody was excited for LinkedIn any list to say I didn't find it useful at all most jobs still take referrals or they may post a job online but the thing about networking is a large part of it kind of still has to be done in person just because you have a virtual connection to someone doesn't mean they're going to help you find a job they still don't know you really

[@Tvso9813]

@@NishantSharma-tr6xl The Family and Medical Leave Act. Know your rights. 😊 it comes in handy.

[@richboutin4044]

When I separated from the military I had to attend a congressionally mandated class to help transition back into civilian life. Building a linked in account was part of it. This account has never been a factor at all in helping me achieve success. All I ever needed to do is use hiring sites like indeed to get a job. Linked in is useless.

[@BrianMoore-uk6js]

So the military is basically promoting a good and service from a private for-profit company to military personnel. I got out a long time ago, but when I was in that would have been illegal.

[@potsofstew1369]

The corporate world has always been an insufferable clown show. LinkedIn just serialised it

[@burchified]

Talentless hacks inserting themselves into middle-man positions for several times the cost of an employee that actually produces value has really been such a boon on the economy

[@scottmorton1202]

This is an old story, predating modern tech.

[@duydatyds]

twitter fired 80% of their employees and still functioning was the vivid demonstration for this.

[@notreallydavid]

Hell is a team-building go-karting weekend, as Sartre so nearly said.

[@D.Appeltofft]

I'm going to use that joke. Where do I send the money? 😂

[@notreallydavid]

@@D.Appeltofft Here!

[@nullvoid244]

"Hell is other co-workers" is what he said

[@jasmines.6325]

The biggest problem is there are so many ways for companys to vet employees but almost no ways employees can vet employers

[@kevinwhittingham8384]

Well said,and the outcome can as in my case come back to bite you..6 months down the road dropped like a empty crisp packet.

[@scottmorton1202]

Talk to the people who already work there. In-person. Over a beer. None of this online BS.

[@Toshinben]

@shoshanna8475 Oy! Could you give some details on that fellow engineer making work untenable? I don't have good criteria to tell sabotage from plain old incompetence.

[@WTHenry2023]

Glassdoor is a decent tool to vet companies

[@gilgamecha]

Glassdoor. It's the antidote to LinkedIn

[@codedecode878]

in my estimation, the platform is just reflecting the pathetic institution that is corporate America.

[@honkhonk8009]

nah not really. The real ones dont go on stupid shit like LinkedIn. The real ones do everything in person or on stuff like discord. LinkedIn is a reflection of HR Workers. Many of the CEE's of these companies had their own resume rejected when applying for shit like janitor positions at their own fucking company lmfao.

[@reginamemoriesforever-vc8ql]

True.

[@kkfoto]

It is a global network, and it reflects the pathetic state of corporations everywhere

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

Linkedin - It's not who you are It's who people think you are that's important!

[@Eriadel]

Finally somemone said this. Indeed that's a clowns show. Thanks.

[@iamreiver]

LinkedIn has been useless at least since 2016

[@nadahere]

Maybe this happened because I left LI in 2015. ))

[@jkmarshall3553]

Very true!

[@theofontaine5564]

Imagine being on a boat with a great view but you spend your time on a laptop posting to Linkedin.

[@Czeslaw_cn4tv]

I've never visited that site but it looks like a place where high schoolers over-inflate their egos and pretend their toys are actually any good so they can then get a good grade from their teacher.

[@danielplainview2360]

"Great, you just graduated from college. Now you're back to playing high school games". LOL. 😅😅 Classic.

[@mikespike2099]

LinkedIN basically became a prayer roll for the hyper capitalist! “Starting my day fresh and early at 5am, went for a 20km run and enjoyed my green juice, now will be having fun in the office with my team, fantastic place to work, coding all day! Oh yum a free lunch at the office! Yummy salad!” 😅😅😅

[@K24Z3CU2]

I have never used LinkedIn to announce I’ve started a new job or I was proud to be employed or any of that crap… it’s just a total minefield of shit talkers!

[@warrior29363]

Haha. You named. I hate those comments about the run and enjoy the green juice and do coding.. can just people shut up?

[@argbatargbat8645]

I do not see nothing wrong about that as long it is true. It gets a lot of discipline that not all of us are willing to embrace

[@Fabio-pd6fo]

Social media platforms are horrible. LinkedIn is BY FAR the worst.

[@mrfatboy]

I only use LI as the online resume where I can point potential employers. For anything else, it has become useless.

[@charlesloomis2224]

Booted from LinkedIn because I hurt someone's feelings. Never looked back.

[@jkmarshall3553]

That's a badge of honor!

[@tubester2023]

does that happen really? as in, did it block/ deactivated your acct??

[@user-yr4vp1jk7j]

Same .....

[@ChatBot1337]

I deleted my LI years ago when it became Facebook but boring. Not that Facebook is fun, but at least it was novel in the beginning. Deleted FB as well almost a decade ago and am so much happier for it.

[@gatorduck11]

It’s become a cesspool for narcissists

[@Erik_The_Viking]

LinkedIn has become a clown show in the worst way possible. Blatant self-promotion, AI generated images and other content, reposting someone else's content as their own, reposting quotes from people that were never said, recycling old posts, etc. It's really gone downhill since Microsoft took over.

[@BillyBlaze6907]

Anything Microsoft has taken over that didn’t go downhill since? 😂

[@jfyne03]

​@@BillyBlaze6907Looking at you, Activision. 😂

[@omarjimenezromero3463]

nah, is pretty good site for corporate bragging, not to get a job, but it is like a corporate facebook, microsoft did a good job, he know their clients, ceo's and hr that does not know anthing about tech, and want to brag in a "fancy tech" site, is like windows, the difference in windows is that windows having the monopoly of direct x has the monopoly on pc games, aside that you can do almost anything and with better performance with linux, at least steam is putting money into linux machines, windows is becoming a problem for the gamer user at this point.

[@newtonmoon]

The best are the members who label themselves as 'leaders' just because their position may include the word 'lead' or they hold a management role. Leadership is not a title to be given and true leaders never call themselves as such.

[@gilgamecha]

It was already a cesspool within a couple of years of starting up.

[@Twiceonasunday]

It was inspiring to watch this video. I was impressed with its concise content and team building purpose. My whole apartment stood up and applauded when it ended. Congrats!

[@bpadev5904]

It truly has turned into Facebook for the most annoying people in the corporate world. Maybe even a little Tik Tok influence as well.

[@commentinglife6175]

The only difference is because it is "professional," you are less likely to get the honest...I mean, "trolls"...who will actually make stuff enjoyable to read!

[@brettstarks1846]

LinkedIn is definitely a great display of human ego and self-indulgence.

[@joemama454]

Remember, hard work pays off over time, but laziness pays off NOW!

[@olanderdecastro52]

My favorite LinkedIn title: THOUGHT LEADER

[@nasser-ist]

I never understood that one! How did they even come up with that one!?

[@heavyrain5388]

My boss has "People Leader" in his bio. He's an absolute clown of a leader.

[@lc7169]

Yes. Such stupid and moronic words. Seriously the people who make up these moronic terms must have an IQ of 30. 🤡

[@mundaneman254]

Knowledge worker

[@rpcclo]

Yeah..."Influencer" is up there also

[@dhunter1133]

Completely agree with the best way to stay unemployed is to look like you're looking for work. I have at least 2-3 recruiters a week reaching out to me via LinkedIn, but when I needed work - such as between contracts - no one even wanted to talk to me. It's counterproductive and nonsensical: "if you don't have a job, that must mean no one wants you, so I don't want you either." It's the modern equivalent of requiring a Bachelor's degree for an entry-level position as "proof" that you can be trained.

[@WTHenry2023]

Exact same phenomenon with girlfriends 😆

[@dhruvdatta1055]

​@@WTHenry2023 dude that isn't even a joke

[@DianneSullivan]

This video got my sub. I run my own business and am part of a business coaching group with other business owners who take LinkedIn seriously for lead gen. I’ve observed the steady and accelerating decline of LinkedIn for several years

[@registromalplena2514]

Posting your CEO is working from his hospital bed ... HIPAA violation at worst cringe as fuck at best.

[@uwayzofoster4753]

I know! What were they thinking?

[@garydrago]

I think HIPAA applies to the hospital employees not the company employees

[@registromalplena2514]

@@garydrago your co-workers cannot discuss your medical condition without your explicit consent. I used to work for a medical insurance company.

[@garydrago]

@@registromalplena2514 but does that apply to co-workers outside of the medical field? Or did that just apply to the company you worked at?

[@registromalplena2514]

@@garydrago all companies. Because companies and employers have used medical conditions to discriminate.

[@TreeCraftbyAndrew]

Only 2 rules in the workplace: 1 make sure my paycheck is never a penny short 2 make sure it’s never a minute late Everything else is bullsh*t

[@JakeStine]

The fact KZbin showed me an ad for LinkedIn makes this experience all the enjoyable.

[@momotaroreincarnatednthtim6303]

Linkedin is like FB full of BS and pretentious people.

[@ronaldkonkoma4356]

This child was walking to school and almost stepped in a puddle but I stopped them just in time. Oh my gosh, that was so wonderful of you. Now they will have dry feet and you can feel good about yourself all day.

[@markbratcher9095]

Some time ago, LinkedIn has just turned into business version of Facebook. You collect friends, they sometimes wish you a happy birthday or congratulate you on a work anniversary. Worse, the articles people post are often political positions. I don't need LinkedIn to be yet another channel to receive peoples' political and ideological perspectives.

[@param888]

a lot more evil is happening on it on programming perspective. how do you know what you is correct? if out of 1000 only 3 people are abused society will never come to know until they realise one by one they are going down.

[@elsongs]

CONGRATS ON YOUR WORK ANNIVERSARY!

[@Fenomka]

My favorite thing about these companies is how ableist they are. "We're all inclusive, we are a family, we welcome everyone, we raise up our employees! but don't be in a wheel chair or have mobility issues, or need to work remotely due to physical disability, and anticipate being expected to be a physical and active participant in ALL our "team building" activities, or else you'll be seen as "not a team player" or "not interested in helping to cultivate a team atmosphere". I know that's not what this vid is about, but it's the big thing I always see on LinkedIn, and it infuriates me, every time.

[@uwayzofoster4753]

I agree. Most people want to work and then go home. They do not want to hang out, or participate in so called “team building” activities with people they’ve already spent a whole work shift with.

[@RyuEnGamer]

The companies that are always emphasizing about being a big family and inclusive tend to be the most exclusive, and quite honestly the laziest

[@canuckasaurus]

The team building shit is honestly fucking annoying. I don't mind a slightly relaxed work environment, but if I'm busting my ass for every hour I work and not getting paid overtime then I don't want to spend a bunch of extra, unpaid time for group activities. I'm sorry I can't go to your after-work social, I already have an appointment with my therapist.

[@richerDiLefto]

I agree. The whole point of me working to begin with is to have enough money to do the things I want to do **outside of work.** At the end of the workday, I’m done there and want to spend time with my family and friends. Coworkers aren’t family nor friends.

[@crazydrifter13]

00:48 I removed the "open to work" banner from my profile yesterday. It didn't bring me anything anyway except denied connection requests. People don't treat you well when they know you have nothing to offer them. Even basic human decency is gone.

[@devnull1313]

When I still checked LI, despite being tired of it, I came across a long-time colleague from the same closed firm I had toiled at for years. She was smart, together, an uiunbelievable asset to anyone who would have her. Then I saw the "#Open to Work" ring, and bang. Involuntary cringe (after crying "WHY?" into the universe). Some forms of cringe do stand alone.

[@althunder4269]

Using that "open to work" makes that person seem desperate and less desirable. We gotta act like we are in demand and we are a rare commodity and we are doing them a favor by working there.

[@slowery43]

sounds like you either wrote a terrible bio and/or you have a horrific lack of stability otherwise employers would be after you, amybe stop blaming life or others for your shortcomings/failures

[@kevinwhittingham8384]

Yep..happened to me as well.LI sucks these days

[@dilsiam]

I had that banner for years, if someone didn't want to connect I could care less.

[@lauradana22]

Not to mention: random people messaging you with “jobs” you need to do for free, 15 steps interview process so the HR departments can say they are working, human traffickers.

[@StefanHezZ]

LinkedIn is the perfect example of "You never know what's going on behind closed doors.".

[@gmailacct9496]

They post these pretty happy photos. Company be a mess and toxic asf

[@wcjerky]

My experience with LinkedIn in brevity over the last 8 months looking for a laboratory tech/manager job in different languages: French, québecois: Here's a few laboratory roles, including some managerial ones. French: Here's a few laboratory roles, including some managerial ones. Italian: Here's a few laboratory roles, including some managerial ones. We're hiring locally first, however. English: Here's some sales roles without vacation, benefits, competitive pay, or even societal benefit, even though you told us to omit them. More than once. Every day.

[@janesmith9463]

This is why I don't respect these companies or hiring managers. All they do is play games. People's livelihoods are at stake, but they think everyone has time to waste jumping through their stupid hoops.

[@bachelbel]

When people talk about privacy and you just post your workplace, name, age for everyone else to see. Wonderful platform

[@dannieghana3509]

Yeah-I hate LinkedIn.

[@weekendatbernies2265]

The alphabet agency's dream come true

[@sku6243]

Once I was working from the forest in the middle of my 6h trip to the office. There, I met a grizzly bear. It looked angry but that did not stop my #dedication. You can get everything if you really want it. So I told the bear that I did not have time for silly games and asked him to leave me alone. The bear looked at me for a few seconds and then left. It was clear that it/him/her/them understood my #values and #respected them. The next day in the same spot I found a wild #influencer. They looked like a nice person first but stole my laptop and phone. However, my #dedication did not let me down and I continued providing value for the company. All in all, everything is possible if you #believe_in_yourself.

[@shreepads]

🤣🤣🤣

[@MichaelWerneburg]

They pursued a social media model and the signal to noise ratio collapsed. They also removed productive features. E.g. It used to be possible to manage a meaningful group on LI, that's long since gone. As for the sleeping in the car: If I had budgeted $250 a night for one of my staff to stay in a hotel, that money is considered gone long before that trip happened, they're not "saving money" they're going to cause budgeting and accounting questions that could impair my budget next year. Secondly, they were sent on a trip with the understanding that they will be presentable upon arrival and that there would be no sign that they slept somewhere strange.

[@Michael-fw5ef]

Your videos are the best - you are a down-to-earth, common sense, honest, logical person who analyzes how bad upper management treats people in the workforce.

[@michaeljohnstone5886]

...and for all the above reasons you will never succeed in the rat race of corporate America.

[@EricDaMAJ]

Hearing about the modern corporate world makes me grateful for my military career. Which I’m retired from.

[@richsherman3673]

It happens to all social platforms, they start out with a wonderful plan, then degrade to the mental level of the folks that post.

[@billyhill6506]

I left LinkedIn about a year ago when, unexpectedly, they required me to submit my driver's license to access my account of 20 years. I had a good following and was connected to many friends and coworkers. Even then, I felt LinkedIn was becoming a bit of a clown show. Interestingly, since leaving, the amount of spam I receive has dropped by 75%. At one point, I received over 3,000 emails a month, and now I'm lucky to receive a few hundred.

[@scottmorton1202]

Took you awhile, but congratulations on seeing reality.

[@K24Z3CU2]

I was asked to do the same once, they wanted a government issued ID after I forgot my password. Ended up opening a new account only to realise it hasn’t not improved my chances of gaining employment. I’m fairly confident, employers scope you out first if they can find you before they make their move!

[@PhilipMReeder]

I was similar but not the license. I said NOPE, deleted my account and never looked back. It has been suggested by various HR, etc., that I get on LinkedIn. I give them my best, "Are you stoopid/I'm having a painful constipation cramp look". It always startles them into silence.

[@verdadeirocompulsivo1981]

Its the most hypocritical of social networks. Im deleting my account. Its a bridge burning website. No one from my previous job talks to me. People are scared of their bosses so they pretend to be something they are not. And never i manage to find a job offer. There are a lot, but seems fabricated and never for your qualifications or experience.

[@dihett]

Amen! Glad to see others recognizing this. Insufferable content is spot on. If I have to read another self-serving moronic post in my feed, sharing some idiotic message, equivalent to water is wet, I'm gonna scream. And I am old enough that the groups were at one point useful-now it's just sales pitches for insurance, regardless of what the group's focus is. Thanks for sharing this. And for letting me rant.

[@TheNefastor]

I'm the LinkedIn equivalent of a sexy blonde with long legs. Even if I don't put the "open to work" sign on, recruiters keep trying to flirt. The worst thing is they do is they don't message me, oh no, they go straight to asking to be in my network just so they can tell be about a "great career opportunity". That's more desperate shit than I've seen on dating apps.

[@life_of_riley88]

I do the opposite. I leave the "open to work" thing up on my profile to keep the moronic recruiters away. Sometimes, someone genuine gets through, but most of the time it's hardly what I would call an "opportunity"

[@honkhonk8009]

Thats what my dad fucking says lmfao. He gets spammed by everybody on LinkedIn. Meanwhile for us junior devs, were lucky if we get interviews lmfao.

[@_VISION.]

This one ain't that serious

[@TheNefastor]

@_VISION. never said it was. In fact nothing is serious on LinkedIn because it's just another stupid social network.

[@guillaumepare9651]

Oh, that's the problem. You haven't purt the "Open to work" banner. That's why they bother you. Put the Open to work banner and they'll stop to bother you...

[@markunger1098]

Some of these people in forty or fifty years time will be posting from the nursing home “ Being a semi senile old fart isn’t an excuse for not winning! That’s what I learned while having the drool wiped off my face …”

[@RimGreaper]

Thank you for reminding me that I need to delete my ancient LinkedIn account.😊

[@jasonfuller2734]

All these companies learned nothing from the fall of Enron.

[@slowery43]

you really haven't a clue as to the causes of the fall of Enron do you?

[@dilsiam]

I do know Enron was cooking the books

[@chamamemestre]

And then the HR bother you, ask your CV, tell you to send their emails as soon as you send the CV and...ghost you. Never bother to reply. They just want your data for nefarious reasons. Trust no one in LinkedIn.

[@mclaude3]

There is this guy, Joseph Siegel, who got engaged back in May, and immediately posted about it on LinkedIn; not the engagement itself, NO!😅 It was an long list of things his 3-day old engagement had taught him about D2C sales!