The humblebragging dishonesty of LinkedIn

mistersifter

Young lady posts a picture of herself dolled up and filtered to within an inch of her life. The photo is accompanied by a post giving out about all the people who don't believe she's an expert engineer because she is so gorgeous, "why don't people believe I'm an engineer, just cos I look like this" . Narcissistic on various levels.

tinytobe

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118577227#Comment_118577227

What I actually miss or haven't seen so far on Linked In is all sorts of things and products for men against hair loss, medically proven, or something herbal alternative oriented, and even advertisement for hair transplants. This would also include postings about men having done this treatment and have increased their ego.

Same would go for women, breast implants, etc.....

Ironically, it's something I actually expect by this stage, looking at how low linked in has gone.

But, what hasn't happened on linked in so far, is an idea for the future.....

😀

cuttingtimber22

I find Twitter very useful. There are Twitter communities with genuine experts who post great research, engage with other real experts and actually add value. Then I have the pleasure of cheering myself up by reading Paddy’s C’s daily nonsense.

linked-in brings very little except the odd job offer/advertisement.

screamer

I think there’s too much Awesome Sauce being squirted around LinkedIn. Dunno when that particular country hijacked the platform to turn it into the quasi therapy look at me board it has become, but holy fook I hate LinkedIn.

celebrate this, applaud that….. where’s the “call bollox” button….. seriously emperors new clothes has nothing on LinkedIn.

Gregor Samsa

Seriously, someone posted this on LinkedIn 🤦‍♂️

The ironing is delicious.

Cordell

It's either "you need to use social media to signal that you gave up social media so it doesn't count" or "linkedin is not social media, it's professional media or smth"

Motivator

A guy I was I played football with loves posting all his “achievements” on LinkedIn and then spends his day replying to every single comment that is left on the post. I’m not even friends with him on LinkedIn I just jump on his page to read the nonsense he posts. Comments on his latest “look at me” post include some of the following:

1. ”Thanks Jim, really appreciate you touching base with me. Hope all is well”. - he doesn’t hope all is well with Jim, it’s a lie.
2. ”Thanks Aoife, without your support I could never have achieved this” - Aoife clicked on an automatic response to your nonsense post. She doesn’t give a shitê about you.
3. “wow thanks so much Martin. It was an honour to work under you for the last 6 months. Without your guidance I wouldn’t be in my new role” - if Martin valued you, he wouldn’t have binned you off to another department to answer phones all day from 9 - 5.

_Kaiser_

LinkedIn is one of those things you "have" to have in today's job-hunting world because recruiters live on social media themselves and will question anyone who DOESN'T have a profile - ie: what are they hiding?

As a result, mine is basically my CV. Each company I've worked at with a brief description of each role. I don't post things, I don't "like" things, or engage in any of that nonsense. I don't "do" social media anyway really - with the exception of this place I suppose!

I do however get a lot of requests from sales types in companies looking to sell me something (my last few roles seem to attract these types) and in my current job some of them have gone as far as guessing my work email address to spam me there too which has to be some sort of privacy violation. A lot will be VERY pushy too in trying to setup a call to discuss whatever they're peddling. In any case, I will always be LESS inclined to do business with someone/some company who engages in this.

That said, I was approached for my current role and previous one (and possibly my next one) through LinkedIn so it does still work. When it comes to that though, I'm very clear from the off as to my expectations for a move and don't reply to any of the obvious timewasters ("you'd be a perfect fit for this lower-level role at 20/30k less than your current salary" type of thing).

Liberty_Bear

I just added random shite to mine to annoy folks..I couldnt care...I also posted a poll on would you sleep with a work colleague and why its ok

Drew the ire of a lot of people

Trolling linked in..Im sad

retalivity

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118594083#Comment_118594083

I've seen a marked increase in this in the past few months, getting emails daily to my work email trying to sell me crap - I work in IT, so it could be anything from QA resources, database platforms to SEO optimization, nothing I nor the company are remotely interested in or anything that I would be in a position to even discuss. Think there's a whole lot of scraping going on, pulling data off linkedin and other sites and just spamming people non-stop, like a 21st century cold-call. If anything, its put me off some big companies whose staff are doing it, that I would have expected to know better.

Archeron

Having just graduated with honours from my most recent night course, I want to say thanks to @tosspottrainer for all your super awesome guidance. Without your steady hand to guide me, I may never have realised that anything I want to do is inside me, you have made me a better human. I know now that the pelicans of success are nesting deep and how to rèlease them in a winged cloud of wonder.

Response from @tosspottrainer

@attentionseeker99

Me and the gang were talking about you earlier, and we've agreed that you are without doubt the most awesome person we've ever had through our utterly useless class, and we are honoured we could be part of your journey. You have an amazingly open mind and inspirational vision. No doubt you will soon walk the earth as a god, and we looking forward to liking your never ending status updates.

Foooooooooook off!!!

Zebra3

For some reason when I was on LinkedIn earlier today there was a video of somebody trying to save a dog.

I have no idea what this has to do with getting a job as it didn’t seem to be about someone trying to get a job with a vet.

I look forward to someone posting a video of someone trying to save a cow’s life, or that of a pig, because it wasn’t just someone trying to get likes cos some people like dogs in a non-eating way, right?

mistersifter

What is with attention seeking nutters posting selfies of themselves "crying", along with some story about stress and anxiety.

retalivity

The ukraine one-upmanship is even worse on Linkedin than on fb, instagram etc...

road_high

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118594083#Comment_118594083

Some of the recruiters live in fcukin la la land alright. Yes I’ll leave my permanent job with a multinational, give up all my perks etc to go work for the upcoming family run business for €5k less 🙄🤣

StupidLikeAFox

....this never happened

road_high

Inspiring….

ILikeBoats

🤦‍♂️

Stark

https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6906647362346094592/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A(activity%3A6906647362346094592%2C6906891013001199617 🤦

road_high

Linkedin gone into overdrive since Ukraine invasion. Every attention seeker looking for their deeply meaningful angle on it all!!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118752198#Comment_118752198

Saw one today about a Nigerian 27-year old "student" who made it out of Ukraine to Berlin and some naive German cuck posting on his behalf asking for English speaking jobs.

The glaring detail that screamed BS to me was the fact that this Nigerian did not have a LinkedIn profile and instead was only giving out his email address. Surely his "white knight" would have been able to set him up with a profile to link him to, but of course that would involve transparency and he would have to complete his full employment/education history which might possibly contradict his story. Better instead to try and go viral and throw in the racism angle to help.

I would love to believe him and not be so cynical, but I'm just too experienced in BS not to buy it. And most of the people who shared the same opinion as me were his fellow Nigerians, funnily enough.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118696738#Comment_118696738

Yes I love them. So raw. So brave. So performative.

gameoverdude

Lads keep them coming. I'm trying to fit at least one of these into each of my meetings. I maybe ridiculed by my close colleagues, but hr lap it up. Just remember to have fierce passion when saying bs.

The one above missed an open goal there for teary emoji.

Trying to delete a double post from long ago, alas Boards software is cr@p

AlekSmart

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118752316#Comment_118752316

And,unsurprisingly,it's not confined to Berlin 😉

road_high

This is exactly the kind of self indulgent nauseating rubbish LinkedIn is now filled with. And anyone that had lots of Lego in the 70s/80s was Uber fcukin privileged. Certainly in Ireland

gameoverdude

From reading the initial part of the post I was expecting a piss take. "And my granny said it was crap...which it was"

mistersifter

I always find it gas when they end those pointless self-absorbed stories with a rhetorical question in an attempt to sound modest:

"Is there a lesson here?"

Yes, there is a lesson. The lesson is that you are a cúnt.

razorblunt

Rise above the blah. The irony.

dublinman1990

Nearly every kid who has an interest in Lego could have built that ship themselves & not make a post about it on LinkedIn. The long winded post from a few posts above smacks of insecurity.

NSAman

As an employer, I love seeing the posts on linkedIn from people we have let go.

Some you would swear were able to walk on water. The sheer delusion that some people attribute to themselves is shocking.

I honestly think fantasists exist everywhere. What these people are capable of saying in their profiles, makes me wonder why counter arguments are not allowed..;)

We had one lady (no names) who had a resume as long as your arm. Fantastic! Asked for references and all we got were worked here from "X to Y".

She started with us and immediately I felt uneasy about her manner, her attitude towards others (who have been and continue to be here a lot longer). Eventually a project she had been given one month to complete (tester project) was due. To say that it was the worst edited, worst put together, badly written and factually incorrect piece I have ever seen, is an understatement. I completed the project personally in one day.... (like I said a tester project).

Anyhoo, a week after leaving I went into read profile..... apparently she was running a division on our company and responsible for all marketing decisions.... not bad for 6 weeks in a position she failed at miserably.

gameoverdude

This thread has inspired me. I'm going add an update saying something like "my boss came up to me and said you make awesome look crap" the abuse I'd get would be worth it.

silliussoddius

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118780038#Comment_118780038

All that was missing was the "and that little boy was Albert Einstein" at the end.

Stark

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118790106#Comment_118790106

Tbf on the references bit, a lot of companies have a policy of not giving out references beyond "Person X worked here from A to B".

OneLungDavy

Saw this posted today:

"He asked if I can waive off the last ten days of his notice period.

I asked why he wants an early exit as he agreed to serve the full period.

He said that his grandmother is not keeping well. He wants to go to his native place to spend some time with her.

He was ready to buy out those ten days.

I consulted one of my peers. He said that the guy is bluffing as he would join early in the new place.

Mind felt like believing my peer, but the heart said that he wasn’t bluffing.

I accelerated the transition plan and approved an early exit at no cost to him.

I wished him well for his grandmother’s recovery.

He came to meet me a few months down the line. He lost his grandmother. He was able to spend those ten days with her. 

He cried that day. I can see gratitude in his eyes. 

"Leadership is not about just maximizing your returns, but also standing for others when they need you the most"."

I only use the Jobs and Messages pages. The only people who really post on Linked In are the people who work on it. Whether for recruitment or for being a "personality".

Sure feck it, had a quick look. Jesus, honestly it's as bad as my mother's Facebook feed.

AckwelFoley

Just seen one of the more than common you're a champ posts. Thanks for oversharing.

Guy, with the 4 day stubble, dishevelled appearance and the "i dont normally share these things" posts

He goes on to list his struggle with depression

Now, not to sound like an uncaring prick, which for the most part I am, but as someone that has gone through the ringer myself, and absolutely see the need to talk to someone, I feel people need to choose their audience better- although I accept they're probably not in the best position at the time to think objectively about making these choices. But Linkedin isn't it. Employers and potential employers can shite talk all they want about you're brave your strong here's a like or an applause emoji, but they're judging you. Trust me, they're judging you. Talk to a friend, talk to an Internet forum where you can remain somewhat anon but I'm not telling my boss or professional environment I'm struggling.

road_high

Yep, in all honesty no one wants to employ an unbalanced nutcase- certainly if they can avoid it. You can actually talk too much about mental health difficulties

dogbert27

I'm coming across a new fad on LinkedIn, the "Founders".

Suddenly everyone is a "Founder" and starting posts with "As a Founder..."

Eh just because you start your own one man / woman band company doesn't make you some magical "Founder"

What exactly do these people think they've found?

retalivity

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119367322#Comment_119367322

They've found new depths up their own holes, that's about all. See also "Thought leaders" - Kev, you manage a small team of interns in a call centre, the only leading thought you have had is to call yourself a "thought leader"

StupidLikeAFox

"Placing rock star engineers into rocketship unicorns"

No, you are a recruiter. Get in the bin.

Fr Tod Umptious

I saw one post recently of a picture of a tiny premature baby.

And the post went something like

"Our precious little Jake was born 2 months early.

As a project manager I'm really excited to deliver stuff early.

But this time it was different, thanks to all in company xyz etc for their support during this time "

Now seriously.

I hope Jake is ok and grows up to be a fine lad etc but there is no need to link such a personal experience to your job or company and post it on a public platform.

Cordell

A project manager is someone who believes that 9 women can deliver a baby in 1 month.

foxsake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119369977#Comment_119369977

my mate posts that "rockstar" sh1t all time - he is an ops manager somewhere.

its' total cringe.

I slag him for his posts but he says he needs to "play the game". no amount of reasons/abuse will change his mind that we (the rest of the lads) are laughing at him.

some people just very insecure in their jobs that they feel they need to suck up

Zebra3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119373671#Comment_119373671

Kinda logical if his role means he’s surrounded by other cretins.

Wanderer2010

Anyone else notice as well the trend of companies posting pics of new employees, along with a carefully worded caption like "our new starts pictured at induction, happy to be on board and already an integral part of the team"...how can anyone be integral after one day! Plus im sure those people didnt give permission to be plastered all over the company Linkedin page which is no different to Facebook.

So many irish companies are doing this now. American work culture would probably see this as the norm, but its a very unfortunate side effect of Americanising our modern companies. Most irish people hate being paraded on social media in their jobs like this.

Zebra3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119373778#Comment_119373778

For some reason there’s a lot of muppets out there who think starting a new job is like signing for a Champions League team. And likewise some employers play up to this to keep people happy. Doesn’t cost them a thing.

Kermit.de.frog

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119057420#Comment_119057420

Decoded: "aren't I great"

foxsake

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119373729#Comment_119373729

you know, thats a good point I hadn't considered.

he does work in the type of environment where they all watch the rugby and late stage all Ireland not because they like it ( I know he has no interest in either) but cos they fear being left out of the loop .

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119367322#Comment_119367322

What are they supposed to say if they’ve started their own business?

Founder would be the best term to use ahead of stupid once’s like CEO/President in fairness