Linkedin is Hell

[Retalak]

LinkedIn is a blend between two of the worst things on the planet. Corporate culture and social media.

[grady]

A company that doesn't hire you because you don't have social media is a red flag.

[sigmascrub]

LinkedIn: Because Facebook Wasn't Fake Enough

[shadow]

The saddest thing on Linkedin isn't that 90% of it's job postings being fake/scams. It's the people that just got fired but make these large posts thanking their employer for firing them.

[ceola]

It’s really scary that LinkedIn is considered necessary for many jobs. Putting your job where you spend 8 hours a day online should be considered a safety risk. Remember when putting personal info online was considered absolutely bad? Now people think it’s weird if you don’t make your entire employment history public data. As someone who has had stalkers in the past, this is a nightmare.

[snowballandpals]

The current LinkedIn meta is writing a 1-page essay thanking your former employer for laying you off.

[BrigitteEmpire]

Filling out even a single section of my LinkedIn profile made me want to die, to become a regular poster you’ve gotta have sold your soul

[guitaradam]

I hate LinkedIn with a passion. It's so fake, and full of people promoting their exaggerated self-worth and regurgitating popular virtues, not even their own. Sadly it's become a necessary evil for getting work, especially as a contractor in the technical space.

[EnragedMnkey]

The ONLY reason I have a Linkedin account is to apply for jobs. I’ll tell you, applying and applying and applying is starting to become more soul draining by the day.

[ThrowingCrunchy]

I reluctantly created a linkedin profile this year after suddenly finding myself unemployed. It is just as hellish as you describe.

[negligiblegear]

Honestly I'd watch another deprogram episode for linkedin. It has an infinite hatred potential

[Shajirr_]

"Entrepreneurs who's business is selling courses on how to be an entrepreneur" gotta be my favourite type of grift.
So incredibly stupid, but it just continues to work

[tmrezzek]

Excellent video. "You weren't fired, you were PROMOTED to entrepreneur!" is a stellar example of a long con: "Now we can focus on helping her grow her business full-time!" which means weeks/months of 'consultations' at exorbitant fees with fuck-all results for the client. Dating sites aren't the only places now that do catfishing.

[maltbiscuit]

Another thing that freaks me out is the privacy. I'm not perfect and I have ruined some relationships in my career. I am practically leaving breadcrumbs for potential employers to dig around and find dirt by contacting mutual connections.

[RedRosa]

As someone who was recently a victim of layoffs, I thank you!

[alsafejriszemi]

This is why I'm so happy to do blue collar work. Working with tools and parts is way easier and way less irritating than to deal with corporate culture and all of it's bs.

[SterbenCyrodill]

I have Linkedin, sadly. I'm a Developer, so it basically becomes mandatory. That said, I don't post, I barelyinteract, nothing. It probably hurts my career chances at getting better jobs, but I don't care. I just can't be like that. I am myself the work me, everyone knows I'm a bloody commie. When I see my colleagues and old friends posting about "How Happy they are!" or "About what they're doing", I just feel... sadness. It's amazing how we commodify ourselves to make a show in front of... everyone else that is commodifying themselves.

[philipbeadle]

One of the biggest motivators for my switching careers to work in healthcare (besides making a decent living and helping people obviously) was the chance to never have to post on LinkedIn or attend another "networking event" again.

[foxybohv]

This video really makes me wanna create a LinkedIn account just to make my job title as "corporate ball washer"

[WeebRevolution]

the fact everyone on Linkedin is an NPC will make the AI takeover of the social platform that much easier