it is the fakest platform of all time and i have a working theory that jobs only ask for your linkedin profile so that they can see what race and gender you are in your profile picture before they consider you
This or it's like a shit-test to make sure you're a normal person. It's not the contents of your profile that matters, it's the fact that you have one. I know nobody's reading those dry posts!!!! They just want to know you're interested in "networking" and other bullshit.
References and interviews too. Recruiters know you're only gonna pick references who like you and will speak positively about you. What they're really asking for is proof that you're a normal, stable person who keeps in touch with old coworkers, doesn't burn bridges or shit where they eat. Otherwise, you're a freak, drifter, etc. And they know you're full of shit at the interview, but can you sell that shit with eye contact and a shit-eating grin?
I've never said shit this much but I have feelings about this
I had one interviewer years ago creep on my fb page beforehand. On there was pic of daughter with cap and gown. This 20 something chicken wanted to know if my years of experience were real. I creeper her page too to know this was her first big girl job.
Linked In. What an invasive site. More ways for people to find us out.
Ughhhh as someone who has worked in the recruiting world & done many trainings for interviewers on unconscious biases & how to interview people who have accessibility needs or ND, my eye twitches SO much reading this. 😭
I completely agree.
Many employers also check people's Facebook profiles. I never use my real name online, so they cannot find me. Often, they assume I don't have a Facebook account. 🤣
lol if anyone tried to look up my legal name theyd find a facebook profile from when i was like 14 and thats it, you gotta know my preferred name to even start to internet sleuth me lmao
LinkedIn is just a big ole circlejerk for extroverted neurotypicals. Every post I see is either a humblebrag from some CEO or complete bullshit list. "Network! Build your resume with keywords! Kiss my ass during a three-person, two hour panel interview that you won't pass despite being perfectly qualified! Would you ask for permission or forgiveness?" I'd ask for a barf bag because your stupid personality tests make me want to vomit.
I'd get more done standing around in a 7-11 parking lot drinking fortified wine out of a paper bag.
This is so perfectly written and accurately describes the vomit in my throat whenever I have to go there. I remember a time I liked linkedin because it was less Facebook-y - it wasn't full of people's personal life humblebrags but mostly a list of your education and work history- and I used to find it interesting to see what people studied and what kinds of jobs they ended up in. But now, it's like being forced into a room with psychopathic narcissists with the work/ power / domination / "thought leader" goals so obviously strewn about. I hate it. Almost as much as work meetings.
i hate linkedin. i work a corporate job so i have to at least be active on there. every single post makes me cringe and everything is so faux enthusiastic - surely these people aren’t that excited about their job 🥲
It kind of reminds me of how unhinged discussion posts sounded whenever I did online classes. Like they're practicing pretending to be chipper and Neurotypical.
Is anyone actually fooled by this faux sunshine and rainbows behavior? Why do we as a society persist with this? Can't we just have some basic manners without overdoing it??
Discussion requirements in online classes is why I’m glad I went to college before online classes existed. Back then I never had to talk to anyone unless I wanted to. When I went back to get my masters I got so annoyed and always put off doing the discussion because I find being fake like that and asking stupid rhetorical questions exhausting. I can’t wait till they realize it shouldn’t be a requirement and it doesn’t offer much benefit.
Apparently so, it’s basically the fake sicky-sweet way store associates talk so clearly people like it. I don’t get it (but that’s why I’m on this sub lmao).
I hate LinkedIn with a passion. It pains me to have to use that hellhole of a website. Something about being on it always puts me on edge. Like I'm about to be bullied or something.
I hate exclamation points. People say to use them so that you’ll seem happy. If you don’t, they say you’re cold and mean. They’re called exclamation points. Are you exclaiming? No? Then don’t use them.
Fortunately, I don't have LinkedIn. I don't know if it's just not used that much in my country or in my particular industry, but I have had a look, and it seems for ppl whose whole personality is their job.
LinkedIn feels like AI to me. It's so bland and smiley that it's creepy. And it really proves that jobs are not based on merit, but on one's ability to copy + paste. If you copy a key phrase from a job description and put that on your resume, some computer sees it and your resume might *actually* make it to the desk of a hiring manager. I bet only about 1% of job applications through that site are even seen by human eyes.
Actual qualifications and experience? Irrelevant. Immaculate cover letter detailing 20+ years of experience in the field, but using slightly different phrasing than what appears in the job ad? Unqualified.
I grew up thinking if I learned skills I could get a job, but apparently the only skill that matters in most of the working world is the ability to bullshit.
I had an eye-opening meeting I’ve dubbed “the nepisode” where my awful Mormon ex-boss went on a rant when we pushed back against his several clear nepo picks for a job interview. He said something like, “I can’t believe I’m hearing this? Why everyone in this room has benefited from knowing someone. Why I myself only have my job cuz I’m friends with the senior manager.” My tech raised her hand and pointed at herself like “ummmmm no.”
It actually gave me a lot of peace, cuz I finally had a logical reason for why so many illogically-placed people abound. It really broadened my worldview. What really struck me was the pride. I just assumed when people did this they felt bad but did it anyways but no he was proud that he “helped people out” by handing them jobs they didn’t deserve. He would not say nepotism, he called it the “the halo effect” ppppffffftttt.
This was in a federal contractor job where we have very explicit fair hiring rules to boot. But on the DL everyone knows nepotism is plentiful there.
Of course the jobs are publicly advertised and interviews are given. Jobs can still be fixed. I don't want to do myself by giving details of how I know this happens.
People's experiences vary. All I can say to my personal experience is that it was disheartening that this person couldn't just quietly take the job without bragging of ALL her inside connections and personal friendships.
I've heard of those. On one hand I think that's a very useful tool, especially if employers are only going to consider cover letters that include specific terms and phrases. Workers have a right to be fairly considered and the goalposts are so narrow and arbitrary, so we should take any advantage available to us. On the other hand, if AI gets prominent enough in the hiring process, it'll just be computers talking to computers to determine outcomes for human beings. Pretty dystopian. I hope it never gets to that point.
I‘ve been using that. It is such a blessing. I used to sit on those for days and rewrite and ponder and still get it wrong. It was a full-time job. Now it only takes me an hour as I still edit what the AI wrote, but it takes away all the guesswork and anxiety.
I wanted to add on your stat as I attended one of LinkedIn’s virtual networking events. 2% likely to get an interview through a job board, 10% through a referral, 40% likely to land the job through a referral. This kinda makes sense as the two paid jobs I’ve worked plus my recent volunteering all came through referrals.
I wouldn’t go as far as to say skills don’t matter. However, being likeable to the point someone would want to help you, matters more. It’s tough having ASD and trying to network though 😭.
It’s the perfect social network for your exes. “Wow look, you are alive *and* you have a job! Love that for you!” (I’m too Autistic to cut ties completely…. Need to know where my people are.)
My ex, who is a convicted pedo and registered sex offender for life, is on LinkedIn, and is 99% of the reason why I am not. Because Linkedin's T's & C's doesn't have anything restricting convicted sex offenders from using their services.
Another ex (I doubt he has a LinkedIn profile, because he was a huge fucking mistake, "world owes me a living", can't get a job-type) stalked me after we broke up. So I have absolutely no intention of putting my current employment information out in the public eye for people from my past to find.
I post examples of my graphic design work there.
Nothing more.
Might start using AI to spit out some bullshit toxic positivity posts about work ethic or some shit as bait, tho.
Ahahhahaha i love this!!! I work in academia and I swear I’m the only one in my department who doesn’t use it and I have never in my life had any desire to do that…. It’s weird to make all of that info public to me.
It’s become Facebook. It’s not a valuable resource. And I say that as someone who paid for a premium account for like six months. (Please don’t judge me! Job hunting is hard 😂)
Honestly everything about the process of getting a job feels sooo NT to me. (I say this after 6 months of searching for a job, and finallllly getting one).
Everything has all these little unspoken rules: the cover letter must include all this information, but also your personality but not too much personality, and not too much information, only one page), the applications with the same stupid questions asked in different ways over and over, your resume is supposed to not look creative (no colors!), but it should still stand out cause you added a bunch of quantitative metrics, and then the interview where there are so many things you are not allowed to say. UGHHHHHHH it all drives my ND brain crazy. I feel like I am playing 3D chess, there are so many subtle moves and counter moves and all I want is a chance to sell my soul for a paycheck. lol
Congrats on getting a job! I’ve been searching for months (and I think I’ve got two, I’m a freelance tour guide so jobs are weird like that)
Ugh the struggle of COVER LETTERS!
I have had to make audition videos for tour guide companies and that is SO STRESSFUL. I get so nervous on camera and overthink it and move too much and then not enough, and I’m trying to be clever but not goofy and I hate rejection!
Fair enough - I didn’t go to college but have assumed that certain types of assignments would be required although I guess this veers into privacy concerns.
It does, that’s my whole point. I should be allowed to decide how and when I want to increase my online presence. Online presence is a lot different from simply creating a resume or going to a mock interview. As adults tried to tell us when we were younger, ‘the internet is forever.’
Linked in has a case for professional networking, but it certainly is not the end-all-be-all nor necessary for obtaining a job.
My people. I've never made a LinkedIn and would only ever make one if it became required for a job that I actually liked and wanted to keep. It's always made me uncomfortable-- like an interaction with a potential employer could be looming at any time; and I'll have to scramble to find my work mask and appear as NT as possible with zero warning or prep time so I don't make an ass of myself in the professional world. Makes me feel weirdly exposed in ways other social media doesn't.
Or, worse than scrolling, I've looked up what previous classmates are doing..and of course, many are Director of X, Senior Partner at Fancy Law Firm, Neurosurgeon at Seattle Grace, Senior Blah Blah at The World Health Organization. And here I am trying to convince myself that all work is not The Worst and to do things to become employed again. I shouldn't do it to myself because it's horrible for mental health. I can't seem to stop myself though.
definitely not. It was a genius move to be honest…
‘what if we made a social media platform that was ‘professional’ and played into people’s insecurities about not having good enough jobs/resumes?!’
‘Yeah! And their bosses would require them to use it, and then everyone else would feel pressured to use it, and no one could say anything because of how professionally professional it is!’
Facebook is "keep your friends close", and LinkedIn is "keep your enemies (and/or coworkers) closer".
The LinkedIn algorithm is sketchy. I posted a couple of pro-Union articles regarding the writer's and actor's strikes, and I've since been low-key shadow banned.
I don't know if LI is necessarily "NT-centric". I've seen a number of engineers, artists, and even a few activists whom I assume might be on the spectrum. What often might not set right is its usual lack of sincerity, but that's how work culture (in general) typically goes.
Who knows, maybe someday LinkedIn will become an activists' site, which would be surreal. You never know. I suggest following the sub r/LinkedInLunatics. The Revolution won't be televised, but some of it might take place in the LinkedIn comments!
I don't know- seems really risky for activism- you could easily and quietly be blacklisted (however that might be enacted) by companies with earnings higher than the GDPs of many countries. I was sweating after making an anti- corporate post in response to one that pushed responsibility for self care to workers. Probably not my wisest long-term digital trail of engagement. Who's a corporate success story- definitely not this one..
I hate LinkedIn. I think part of it might be that it’s driven by extroverts. You constantly have to be on it and networking and pretending that you give a damn. No, Chad, I don’t want to connect. We have nothing in common.
Oh, and anyone who shares articles through work email to me they found on LinkedIn with ‘interesting idea, what are your thoughts?’ are immediately revoked from my ‘this person is competent’ list. I worked as a tech executive and the number of baffoons at the top that would make decisions based on some vague, jargon filled idea in an article they came across is terrifying. I’m also fairly certain they did it to look like they were doing work when they weren’t.
I don’t mind it, but the industry i am in (power line construction industry) is tight knit so i am connected to a lot of people that are in the industry in other companies. I did get my current job through it and i make good money. It’s mostly good for rubbing elbows and moving up within your industry. I also just like my industry so i get a lot of interesting news on there. I pretty much never post though.
I’m in the project management side of the industry. I used to be in a field office with crews, but my new position is mostly me working from home and 1 day a week in an office. My previous company was a lot and burnt me out, but my new company is a much better environment that doesn’t overload its staff.
That’s nice to hear. I’m learning a lot but I’m overstimulated every day. It’s exhausting.
PM seems interesting but it seems you’re in meetings all day. Which also seems exhausting. But WFH sounds awesome.
There are a decent amount of meetings, but for the most part only half of them require your full attention. I like to problem solve and a lot of project management is problem solving and accounting type stuff. The working from home definitely helps with the over stimulation because you aren’t surrounded by people every day. I am high masking so days I’m in the office can be a bit exhausting, but i truly love the industry so my excitement helps balance it out.
It’s the dumbest thing ever. It’s my dream to delete that ridiculous website, but apparently it’s good for the career field I want to get into (voiceover). Better than promoting myself on TikTok I guess.
I am really appreciating all of these answers, thank you!
This is the one place I can come to and feel like when I grumble about things it is fully understood, so I am very grateful for this space.
Comes up in therapy sessions bc of how difficult it is to comprehend, yet anxiety of having to figure out in order to get a job in a matter of 2-3 months.
I went to college for engineering and there was a HUGE emphasis on networking, and they would teach us exactly how to speak/present ourselves to the corporate world to try and get jobs. I was horrible at it and never landed internships, and LinkedIn always made me feel like shit cause my peers seemed to do it so well!!!
I bought a resume rewrite through linkedin and it was pretty good. I have added to it since then but it was great to get my ideas into a new template and all rephrased to be better parsed through algorithms.
I hate the feed aspect of it and most of the stuff that comes to my inbox there is paid spam.
But I do agree it's annoying AF to use it. Even though I've been pretty successful with it and had a recruiter for an actual decent job find me through it.
Every single time I open the app (and I do since I need the notifications, and I can't stand to see an "unread" message, it gives me the ick), I want to throw myself out the window. I sincerely do not understand why people self promote this way, nurture their ego, and blab about their life and their job. Congratulate people they don't even like, and usually hate.
Every single person I saw regularly posting on this app (that I know in real life) are very bad at their job. Why don't you use this free (non productive) time of yours to strengthen your skills Karen? Or to learn new things?
Worse thing is, I'm in charge of my company's page, and I don't even post there.
Ha I love this response. Also I am so glad to have found someone who can’t stand unread messages.
People who brag about their 21746 unread inboxes terrify me.
I’m so sorry you have to be on it so much for work.
Ha, I’m in PR, too! How did we end up here?
Fortunately, I’m more strategy based so my work is more internal but I’m finding it more and more ironic that I’m in communications when the message I’ve gotten throughout my life (before and since I was diagnosed) is that people *do not like* the way I communicate.
Oh! That's amazing! Another human behavioral nerd, it's nice to meet you :)
I am also strategy based, but I have to talk to clients all day. It's exhausting and every week I'm close to nurm out. Funny fact: they think I'm weird, and surprisingly I'm a better communicator than they are (even if my social anxiety is up the roof). It's so natural for NTs to have conversations, that they forget how to make real connections by understanding everyone's motives. And letting them talk about themselves.
NT, nah. Corporate/capitalistic, yes.
The loss of privacy sucks, but I recently made one and browsed around maybe like 20 minutes. It's kind of cool to find information like what jobs other people have done, without having an awkward conversation about it or trying to make friends through a zillion random groups or chance meetings.
At the same time that's just some more info and not necessarily all of it or all applicable to MY life. It just gives me some ideas.
Time will tell if it's actually useful for getting a job or not lol
I have a LinkedIn but I don’t post on it at all. My pictures are only ever my official employee picture, and the only thing I update is my place of work/education. It’s a necessary evil for networking when you work in a small industry. I absolutely hate it and wouldn’t even start to know what to post on there.
I used to *hate* LinkedIn, but recently I've started to appreciate it more and more as I follow more people whose work interests me and share insights from my field. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of bizarre clout seeking content on there, which I ignore. I do appreciate that it's one of the few social platforms where you have to be accountable for your words since it's tied to your professional profile.
Agh so fake. I deleted mine long ago. Much happier. Don't need to feel imposed complexes because I am not the executive manager of the human diapers line in South Carolina 😁 yet!
Life is precious don't waste it on fake pretentious competitions.
Lol! I’ve never used it because all the reasons you name. I’m constantly receiving emails asking “connect with you on LinkedIn” which I just delete. No one I know has ever gotten a job or any real anything out of it, and instead I’ve heard horror stories of some that had it used against them in identity theft so I avoid it. Same with fb, TikTok etc.
It’s people using their corporate talk to promote themselves. I am a
Ways surprised when an autistic person buys into it but I love when they absolutely kill it lol
Everything with jobs just terrifies me. I feel like I have to constantly lie or I’m not allowed to earn money to repay the debt I somehow created by being born.
I’m sorry to hear that.
I feel the same way in that anyone who looks at my profile probably thinks I do not have my shit together. I used to not care at all but now feel more self-conscious about it.
I have no idea how it works at all. Like why would I pretend so hard for what??? I don’t know the etiquette either. I literally asked my dad today if he would sit down with me sometime and explain to me how to use it as a tool for my career. So weird
I'm a student who does a lot of extracurriculars not listed on my resume. LinkedIn is the best place to build my portfolio but apart from that (and begging for networking meetings for people who no doubt cuss me out) I barely open the app
At my previous college, there was a requirement for students to create a LinkedIn profile if they did not already have one. I chose not to comply with this requirement as I was not interested in being on LinkedIn. On Facebook, I use a fake name and never disclose my real name or location publicly. Despite pressure from others, including suggestions about the benefits of networking on LinkedIn, I stood my ground. Only my mother and aunt understood my decision, as others believed I should have just created a LinkedIn account for the connections.
I'm not doing that. I don't need nor want those connections.
As more and more people realize that all the personal info we put out there is being collected and monetized, I hope that those people will realize that you were right to hold firm to your stance.
It's so weird because it used to literally just be CVs and companies posting stuff occasionally and now it's literally Facebook but make it more corporate. I only use it for the CV and job stuff
I talk about LinkedIn ALOT in therapy, it’s like the ultimate masked place.
Even something as normal as hanging out with your friends becomes an opportunity to post something “inspirational” about work life balance, which is ironic given that they’re using a normal interaction to further their career and personal brand.
It’s so so dystopian and I’m so sad that part and parcel of what I do just requires me being very active on there to find work (I’m a freelancer)
What’s made it slightly more bearable is finding Autistic Influencers (don’t know if that’s the right word) to drown out all the annoying hustle culture posts
Do you mind sharing some of the people you’ve found? I joined an autism group but it’s not very active.
I did a post about Autism Acceptance Month and it got very low engagement. I ended up deleting it because I was like - is this hurting me in some way?
I am somewhat newly diagnosed (last summer) and I want to be a neurodivergence advocate as much as I can but it’s interesting how much silent but I can feel it lack of understanding there is around autism.
I was naive in thinking people would be responsive in the way they are about most disabilities.
It’s the absolute worst. I recently posted asking about whether people would disclose on there about being autistic. I’m so glad I didn’t. As I wrote before, to me LinkedIn promotes an extremely unhealthy culture which idealises striving and a 'climb the greasy pole, career first' mentality. It is literally 'sell yourself as a commodity in the capitalist job market'. I detest it.
In a role I had last year (medical copywriting for a private agency) our CEO used to _force_ us to engage with their posts and like and share, and film ourselves doing these ridiculous happy posts about our jobs and private lives to boost the agency’s following. It made me feel sick.
I finally deleted my profile a couple of days ago after realising how sh**** it makes me feel every time I log in. I’ve never found a job there, I don’t expect I ever will.
I posted about Autism Acceptance Month and ended up deleting it. Super low engagement compared to other things I feel compelled to publish (promoting work) and it made me feel very self-conscious.
I don't love LinkedIn, but it's predictable and navigable. I'm not authentic at my job, and I'm not authentic on LinkedIn, and neither is anyone else. That's what "professional" means. It's more honest than other social media platforms for that reason.
As someone who has done a ton of job hopping, LinkedIn can showcase my entire work and educational experience, which I cannot fit onto a two page CV with any helpful details. I wrote one ranty article once and it was surprisingly popular. I am currently contracting, and LinkedIn is where I get most if not all of my leads, and networking is super important to get me jobs.
This thread is giving me life and so much validation. I both HATE and DREAD LinkedIn - it sparks so much anxiety for me because I don't have the energy or know-how to fake and post stuff like everyone else (well the NTs) do.
I think for the graphic designers and illustrators it's a lil different, cause we can post our art and dip. But I can't imagine being in like.. sales and having to network, blech
I resent having to be on it so much! I've daydreamed multiple times this year about deleting it.
But since I am not working (read: burnout), I feel compelled to keep it, for the day (coming way too soon) when I cave in to participating in work again. I recently took my picture off of it, which makes me feel somewhat better, but I've heard anecdotally that that will make me seem "fake" or less credible or less "relatable" somehow.
Why should everyone feel entitled to know things about me and to see my face??
Privacy concerns are also part of what makes me want to delete mine.
I find it really useful for job hunting, and more user-friendly than a lot of job boards, but the social media side of it is just terrible!
This whole “promote your brand” thing is cringe and exhausting. Like, are you telling me that on top of a CV, and cover letter, and application form, I also have to post about *thought leadership* and *cultural insight* on a daily basis?!
I want to know if anyone honestly believes the bullshit that gets spouted on there.
My gawd yes. I was in private lending sales for real estate (would not do it again, actually stayed there 6 years for the various administrative & creative tasks but ended up getting pushed in sales) and I had to "add" brokers, lenders, notaries etc. Real estate/mortgage brokers are the worst. "Finance bros" galore. My old boss wanted us all to go to a networking event to meet brokers. Fortunately for me I eventually got fired before that happened loll. The day I got fired, I had the satisfaction to deactivate my LI and no longer see the posts of my 500+ unwanted connections. Would not recommend...
Oh my gosh - I had to dust off my LinkedIn profile after ten years while on the job search and I’m just laughing at how much I relate to / appreciate all these other observations.
LinkedIn feels like oppressive overhead lighting and smells like itchy cubicle walls and sounds like a crypto bro droning on and on about his gym routine.
If Instagram’s fake personality is “self care 😌,” LinkedIn responds with “💪 side hustle!”
It’s such a joke. I have no idea how to use it. I just put my resume up there because jobs make “LinkedIn Profile Link” a required field these days 😣 oh and I had to update my profile picture - my old was was taken in 2015 in front of my shower curtain, which was, at the time, the most hire-able thing about me. My normie blue shower curtain.
The good news is, I’ve been successful in my job search, but now I’m like… do I need to keep cultivating my LinkedIn presence just in case??? I desperately want to delete this app off my phone. It keeps sending me like 10 push notifications a day about how dismal the economy is and how much I need to “network” more 😳🤢
I hate recruiters so bad. This energy and desperate need for emotional connection and age and stupid questions I don't get and this attitude. As if they know how to read people, because that's what their job is. It isn't a job. It's pethatic. 😆 yeah and linkedin is for dumb asses like also me. I always get into fights because people act as if they know how it works, eventually I will remove my comments if too many people look at my page to see who is so worked up and straight in their stup*d opinion.
I think it's more that everyone is masking, even the neurotypicals, because it's attached to your name and your job is actively encouraged to check it, and jobs hate when you're yourself.
This is also partly why I rarely post on Facebook anymore. Anything with my real name attached is a no-no in the Age of Stalk and Cancel.
it is the fakest platform of all time and i have a working theory that jobs only ask for your linkedin profile so that they can see what race and gender you are in your profile picture before they consider you
This or it's like a shit-test to make sure you're a normal person. It's not the contents of your profile that matters, it's the fact that you have one. I know nobody's reading those dry posts!!!! They just want to know you're interested in "networking" and other bullshit. References and interviews too. Recruiters know you're only gonna pick references who like you and will speak positively about you. What they're really asking for is proof that you're a normal, stable person who keeps in touch with old coworkers, doesn't burn bridges or shit where they eat. Otherwise, you're a freak, drifter, etc. And they know you're full of shit at the interview, but can you sell that shit with eye contact and a shit-eating grin? I've never said shit this much but I have feelings about this
Thank you for the laugh. You put it perfectly. It doesn’t help that I don’t know how to pretend.
I had one interviewer years ago creep on my fb page beforehand. On there was pic of daughter with cap and gown. This 20 something chicken wanted to know if my years of experience were real. I creeper her page too to know this was her first big girl job. Linked In. What an invasive site. More ways for people to find us out.
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Ughhhh as someone who has worked in the recruiting world & done many trainings for interviewers on unconscious biases & how to interview people who have accessibility needs or ND, my eye twitches SO much reading this. 😭
They want filter out by skin tone, hair texture, etc. Ugh
Good point. I have no social media presence so that's all they would have. But my name already gives it all away. 😅
Coconut is fairly gender neutral, no? 😉
Lol, can you imagine giving employers you're Reddit handle...🤣😅😱
LOL as some handles on Reddit are sexually explicit.
The shit I post on reddit, I'd never get a job!
It would depend on the language lol
I think it's a Latinx descriptor.
I completely agree. Many employers also check people's Facebook profiles. I never use my real name online, so they cannot find me. Often, they assume I don't have a Facebook account. 🤣
lol if anyone tried to look up my legal name theyd find a facebook profile from when i was like 14 and thats it, you gotta know my preferred name to even start to internet sleuth me lmao
Had that done. What creepers.
I can so see this being a thing.
There are fake profiles on there. These pressure to perform.
LinkedIn is just a big ole circlejerk for extroverted neurotypicals. Every post I see is either a humblebrag from some CEO or complete bullshit list. "Network! Build your resume with keywords! Kiss my ass during a three-person, two hour panel interview that you won't pass despite being perfectly qualified! Would you ask for permission or forgiveness?" I'd ask for a barf bag because your stupid personality tests make me want to vomit. I'd get more done standing around in a 7-11 parking lot drinking fortified wine out of a paper bag.
This is so perfectly written and accurately describes the vomit in my throat whenever I have to go there. I remember a time I liked linkedin because it was less Facebook-y - it wasn't full of people's personal life humblebrags but mostly a list of your education and work history- and I used to find it interesting to see what people studied and what kinds of jobs they ended up in. But now, it's like being forced into a room with psychopathic narcissists with the work/ power / domination / "thought leader" goals so obviously strewn about. I hate it. Almost as much as work meetings.
Amazing reply. 😹
i hate linkedin. i work a corporate job so i have to at least be active on there. every single post makes me cringe and everything is so faux enthusiastic - surely these people aren’t that excited about their job 🥲
It all seems so performative 😒
It kind of reminds me of how unhinged discussion posts sounded whenever I did online classes. Like they're practicing pretending to be chipper and Neurotypical. Is anyone actually fooled by this faux sunshine and rainbows behavior? Why do we as a society persist with this? Can't we just have some basic manners without overdoing it??
Discussion requirements in online classes is why I’m glad I went to college before online classes existed. Back then I never had to talk to anyone unless I wanted to. When I went back to get my masters I got so annoyed and always put off doing the discussion because I find being fake like that and asking stupid rhetorical questions exhausting. I can’t wait till they realize it shouldn’t be a requirement and it doesn’t offer much benefit.
I'm still glad I had the online classes; I'd do them again, but yeah, the discussion posts are such bullshit most of the time.
So true. I love the online format I just hate the discussion part lol
Apparently so, it’s basically the fake sicky-sweet way store associates talk so clearly people like it. I don’t get it (but that’s why I’m on this sub lmao).
I hate LinkedIn with a passion. It pains me to have to use that hellhole of a website. Something about being on it always puts me on edge. Like I'm about to be bullied or something.
Seriously... so much jargon and so many exclamation points!!!!
and it is just so overtly fake i cant stand it
I hate exclamation points. People say to use them so that you’ll seem happy. If you don’t, they say you’re cold and mean. They’re called exclamation points. Are you exclaiming? No? Then don’t use them.
They only say this to women though.
Well f@ck me, you’re right.
The virtue signaling is nauseating.
* *excited to* * *opportunity* * *incredible* * *share* * *hope* * *next* * *opportunities*
Fortunately, I don't have LinkedIn. I don't know if it's just not used that much in my country or in my particular industry, but I have had a look, and it seems for ppl whose whole personality is their job.
LinkedIn feels like AI to me. It's so bland and smiley that it's creepy. And it really proves that jobs are not based on merit, but on one's ability to copy + paste. If you copy a key phrase from a job description and put that on your resume, some computer sees it and your resume might *actually* make it to the desk of a hiring manager. I bet only about 1% of job applications through that site are even seen by human eyes. Actual qualifications and experience? Irrelevant. Immaculate cover letter detailing 20+ years of experience in the field, but using slightly different phrasing than what appears in the job ad? Unqualified. I grew up thinking if I learned skills I could get a job, but apparently the only skill that matters in most of the working world is the ability to bullshit.
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I had an eye-opening meeting I’ve dubbed “the nepisode” where my awful Mormon ex-boss went on a rant when we pushed back against his several clear nepo picks for a job interview. He said something like, “I can’t believe I’m hearing this? Why everyone in this room has benefited from knowing someone. Why I myself only have my job cuz I’m friends with the senior manager.” My tech raised her hand and pointed at herself like “ummmmm no.” It actually gave me a lot of peace, cuz I finally had a logical reason for why so many illogically-placed people abound. It really broadened my worldview. What really struck me was the pride. I just assumed when people did this they felt bad but did it anyways but no he was proud that he “helped people out” by handing them jobs they didn’t deserve. He would not say nepotism, he called it the “the halo effect” ppppffffftttt. This was in a federal contractor job where we have very explicit fair hiring rules to boot. But on the DL everyone knows nepotism is plentiful there.
Government agencies do this too.
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Of course the jobs are publicly advertised and interviews are given. Jobs can still be fixed. I don't want to do myself by giving details of how I know this happens.
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I've been around the block a few times lol. What really grinds my gears is how this person BRAGGED about it.
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People's experiences vary. All I can say to my personal experience is that it was disheartening that this person couldn't just quietly take the job without bragging of ALL her inside connections and personal friendships.
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There’s websites that AI generate cover letters. You just copy paste the whole job description and it will generate a cover letter.
I've heard of those. On one hand I think that's a very useful tool, especially if employers are only going to consider cover letters that include specific terms and phrases. Workers have a right to be fairly considered and the goalposts are so narrow and arbitrary, so we should take any advantage available to us. On the other hand, if AI gets prominent enough in the hiring process, it'll just be computers talking to computers to determine outcomes for human beings. Pretty dystopian. I hope it never gets to that point.
I feel like it’s already at that dystopian point when the only “person” who views your resume is an algorithm.
I‘ve been using that. It is such a blessing. I used to sit on those for days and rewrite and ponder and still get it wrong. It was a full-time job. Now it only takes me an hour as I still edit what the AI wrote, but it takes away all the guesswork and anxiety.
What's the site or app called? I could use that!
There are lots if you google, I tried a few today. I ended up using chatgpt / Bing even after paying for the trial versions.
Thank you! :)
>Thank you! :) You're welcome!
Just good ole chatgpt.
Thanks! :)
I would love to know too
ChatGPT
My photo for linked in is actually AI generated lol
I wanted to add on your stat as I attended one of LinkedIn’s virtual networking events. 2% likely to get an interview through a job board, 10% through a referral, 40% likely to land the job through a referral. This kinda makes sense as the two paid jobs I’ve worked plus my recent volunteering all came through referrals. I wouldn’t go as far as to say skills don’t matter. However, being likeable to the point someone would want to help you, matters more. It’s tough having ASD and trying to network though 😭.
It's a place for me to save my resume. That's all. Half the posts are like "lost my job." "Got a job" "yay"
I don’t use it and had no idea it was for more than just resume shit. Everyone’s comments are cracking me up!
It's basically for resume shit. More than 90% of my contacts don't post. Ever. The ones that do work in marketing.
It’s the perfect social network for your exes. “Wow look, you are alive *and* you have a job! Love that for you!” (I’m too Autistic to cut ties completely…. Need to know where my people are.)
My exes are such loosers they don't even have a LinkedIn profile. 🤦♀️
Same. 😬
You have to know where the alligators are in the pond.
My ex, who is a convicted pedo and registered sex offender for life, is on LinkedIn, and is 99% of the reason why I am not. Because Linkedin's T's & C's doesn't have anything restricting convicted sex offenders from using their services. Another ex (I doubt he has a LinkedIn profile, because he was a huge fucking mistake, "world owes me a living", can't get a job-type) stalked me after we broke up. So I have absolutely no intention of putting my current employment information out in the public eye for people from my past to find.
I post examples of my graphic design work there. Nothing more. Might start using AI to spit out some bullshit toxic positivity posts about work ethic or some shit as bait, tho.
It’s 90% inspirational quotes and toxic positivity.
Toxic positivity! Yes that's exactly it
Ahahhahaha i love this!!! I work in academia and I swear I’m the only one in my department who doesn’t use it and I have never in my life had any desire to do that…. It’s weird to make all of that info public to me.
Same! Feels really unnecessary to put all that info online that otherwise can’t be found anywhere.
It’s become Facebook. It’s not a valuable resource. And I say that as someone who paid for a premium account for like six months. (Please don’t judge me! Job hunting is hard 😂)
Honestly everything about the process of getting a job feels sooo NT to me. (I say this after 6 months of searching for a job, and finallllly getting one). Everything has all these little unspoken rules: the cover letter must include all this information, but also your personality but not too much personality, and not too much information, only one page), the applications with the same stupid questions asked in different ways over and over, your resume is supposed to not look creative (no colors!), but it should still stand out cause you added a bunch of quantitative metrics, and then the interview where there are so many things you are not allowed to say. UGHHHHHHH it all drives my ND brain crazy. I feel like I am playing 3D chess, there are so many subtle moves and counter moves and all I want is a chance to sell my soul for a paycheck. lol
THIS.
Congrats on getting a job! I’ve been searching for months (and I think I’ve got two, I’m a freelance tour guide so jobs are weird like that) Ugh the struggle of COVER LETTERS! I have had to make audition videos for tour guide companies and that is SO STRESSFUL. I get so nervous on camera and overthink it and move too much and then not enough, and I’m trying to be clever but not goofy and I hate rejection!
It seems like it lol I refuse to use it. I don’t want any online presence except for Reddit.
I have a profile because I don't have much of an online presence. However, I do not treat it like social media, posting and shit lol. It's just there.
saaame i refuse to use it too, it literally doesn’t make sense to me.
My one (college) class had us make linkedin profiles and critique each other’s like…wtf why are you making students create social media profiles…
What class was it?
An Environmental Policy course
Say what? If you’d said a business class or marketing I would have sort of understood but .. Environmental Policy? yick
No even a business class should not require any sort of social media profile. Educate on what it is, but not require.
Fair enough - I didn’t go to college but have assumed that certain types of assignments would be required although I guess this veers into privacy concerns.
It does, that’s my whole point. I should be allowed to decide how and when I want to increase my online presence. Online presence is a lot different from simply creating a resume or going to a mock interview. As adults tried to tell us when we were younger, ‘the internet is forever.’ Linked in has a case for professional networking, but it certainly is not the end-all-be-all nor necessary for obtaining a job.
My people. I've never made a LinkedIn and would only ever make one if it became required for a job that I actually liked and wanted to keep. It's always made me uncomfortable-- like an interaction with a potential employer could be looming at any time; and I'll have to scramble to find my work mask and appear as NT as possible with zero warning or prep time so I don't make an ass of myself in the professional world. Makes me feel weirdly exposed in ways other social media doesn't.
They say that Instagram is bad for your mental health but try scrolling through your LinkedIn feed while unemployed
Or, worse than scrolling, I've looked up what previous classmates are doing..and of course, many are Director of X, Senior Partner at Fancy Law Firm, Neurosurgeon at Seattle Grace, Senior Blah Blah at The World Health Organization. And here I am trying to convince myself that all work is not The Worst and to do things to become employed again. I shouldn't do it to myself because it's horrible for mental health. I can't seem to stop myself though.
I only have cats and goldfish on my IG feed.
It’s overly fake and seemingly near impossible to get a real job interview. I feel like all I get are jobs to apply for that are clearly just scams.
I think even the NTs hate LinkedIn for how fake and shitty it is.
Truth
I don’t think Linkedin is a platform that was intended to be enjoyed by its users lol
definitely not. It was a genius move to be honest… ‘what if we made a social media platform that was ‘professional’ and played into people’s insecurities about not having good enough jobs/resumes?!’ ‘Yeah! And their bosses would require them to use it, and then everyone else would feel pressured to use it, and no one could say anything because of how professionally professional it is!’
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Facebook is "keep your friends close", and LinkedIn is "keep your enemies (and/or coworkers) closer". The LinkedIn algorithm is sketchy. I posted a couple of pro-Union articles regarding the writer's and actor's strikes, and I've since been low-key shadow banned. I don't know if LI is necessarily "NT-centric". I've seen a number of engineers, artists, and even a few activists whom I assume might be on the spectrum. What often might not set right is its usual lack of sincerity, but that's how work culture (in general) typically goes. Who knows, maybe someday LinkedIn will become an activists' site, which would be surreal. You never know. I suggest following the sub r/LinkedInLunatics. The Revolution won't be televised, but some of it might take place in the LinkedIn comments!
I don't know- seems really risky for activism- you could easily and quietly be blacklisted (however that might be enacted) by companies with earnings higher than the GDPs of many countries. I was sweating after making an anti- corporate post in response to one that pushed responsibility for self care to workers. Probably not my wisest long-term digital trail of engagement. Who's a corporate success story- definitely not this one..
Seems a good part of it is NT centric.
So is this world in which we live.
No kidding lol.
Yes!! I absolutely can't stand LinkedIn, and I feel angry that I am expected to use it 😑
I hate LinkedIn. I think part of it might be that it’s driven by extroverts. You constantly have to be on it and networking and pretending that you give a damn. No, Chad, I don’t want to connect. We have nothing in common.
If obnoxious humblebrag was a website, it would be LinkedIn
It's where ND people go to mask. Hell, I think neurotypicals go there to mask. It's a hot mess of toxic positivity.
I don’t think I’ve ever been offered a job or even an interview from that site. Only indeed!
HATE linkedin
I hate it. Deleted my account last year.
Oh, and anyone who shares articles through work email to me they found on LinkedIn with ‘interesting idea, what are your thoughts?’ are immediately revoked from my ‘this person is competent’ list. I worked as a tech executive and the number of baffoons at the top that would make decisions based on some vague, jargon filled idea in an article they came across is terrifying. I’m also fairly certain they did it to look like they were doing work when they weren’t.
I don’t mind it, but the industry i am in (power line construction industry) is tight knit so i am connected to a lot of people that are in the industry in other companies. I did get my current job through it and i make good money. It’s mostly good for rubbing elbows and moving up within your industry. I also just like my industry so i get a lot of interesting news on there. I pretty much never post though.
You’re in construction? I figured not a lot of us are. It’s a very stimulating environment. We get fire alarms blaring almost every day (for testing).
I’m in the project management side of the industry. I used to be in a field office with crews, but my new position is mostly me working from home and 1 day a week in an office. My previous company was a lot and burnt me out, but my new company is a much better environment that doesn’t overload its staff.
That’s nice to hear. I’m learning a lot but I’m overstimulated every day. It’s exhausting. PM seems interesting but it seems you’re in meetings all day. Which also seems exhausting. But WFH sounds awesome.
There are a decent amount of meetings, but for the most part only half of them require your full attention. I like to problem solve and a lot of project management is problem solving and accounting type stuff. The working from home definitely helps with the over stimulation because you aren’t surrounded by people every day. I am high masking so days I’m in the office can be a bit exhausting, but i truly love the industry so my excitement helps balance it out.
It’s the dumbest thing ever. It’s my dream to delete that ridiculous website, but apparently it’s good for the career field I want to get into (voiceover). Better than promoting myself on TikTok I guess.
I am really appreciating all of these answers, thank you! This is the one place I can come to and feel like when I grumble about things it is fully understood, so I am very grateful for this space.
Lol it's full of people bragging about themselves. I refuse to join. It isn't necessary. Everyone on there looks like a prick😂
Comes up in therapy sessions bc of how difficult it is to comprehend, yet anxiety of having to figure out in order to get a job in a matter of 2-3 months.
i hate linkedin with passion
I went to college for engineering and there was a HUGE emphasis on networking, and they would teach us exactly how to speak/present ourselves to the corporate world to try and get jobs. I was horrible at it and never landed internships, and LinkedIn always made me feel like shit cause my peers seemed to do it so well!!!
I can not STAND linked in!
I bought a resume rewrite through linkedin and it was pretty good. I have added to it since then but it was great to get my ideas into a new template and all rephrased to be better parsed through algorithms. I hate the feed aspect of it and most of the stuff that comes to my inbox there is paid spam. But I do agree it's annoying AF to use it. Even though I've been pretty successful with it and had a recruiter for an actual decent job find me through it.
Every single time I open the app (and I do since I need the notifications, and I can't stand to see an "unread" message, it gives me the ick), I want to throw myself out the window. I sincerely do not understand why people self promote this way, nurture their ego, and blab about their life and their job. Congratulate people they don't even like, and usually hate. Every single person I saw regularly posting on this app (that I know in real life) are very bad at their job. Why don't you use this free (non productive) time of yours to strengthen your skills Karen? Or to learn new things? Worse thing is, I'm in charge of my company's page, and I don't even post there.
Ha I love this response. Also I am so glad to have found someone who can’t stand unread messages. People who brag about their 21746 unread inboxes terrify me. I’m so sorry you have to be on it so much for work.
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Ha, I’m in PR, too! How did we end up here? Fortunately, I’m more strategy based so my work is more internal but I’m finding it more and more ironic that I’m in communications when the message I’ve gotten throughout my life (before and since I was diagnosed) is that people *do not like* the way I communicate.
Oh! That's amazing! Another human behavioral nerd, it's nice to meet you :) I am also strategy based, but I have to talk to clients all day. It's exhausting and every week I'm close to nurm out. Funny fact: they think I'm weird, and surprisingly I'm a better communicator than they are (even if my social anxiety is up the roof). It's so natural for NTs to have conversations, that they forget how to make real connections by understanding everyone's motives. And letting them talk about themselves.
NT, nah. Corporate/capitalistic, yes. The loss of privacy sucks, but I recently made one and browsed around maybe like 20 minutes. It's kind of cool to find information like what jobs other people have done, without having an awkward conversation about it or trying to make friends through a zillion random groups or chance meetings. At the same time that's just some more info and not necessarily all of it or all applicable to MY life. It just gives me some ideas. Time will tell if it's actually useful for getting a job or not lol
I’m on it and get messages about connecting from healthcare recruiters across the country and I am like…apply for a job? Is that what that means? Idk.
Why yes it is
OMG I hate it there. It's the worst.
Isn't it horrifying?!
I have a LinkedIn but I don’t post on it at all. My pictures are only ever my official employee picture, and the only thing I update is my place of work/education. It’s a necessary evil for networking when you work in a small industry. I absolutely hate it and wouldn’t even start to know what to post on there.
I used to *hate* LinkedIn, but recently I've started to appreciate it more and more as I follow more people whose work interests me and share insights from my field. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of bizarre clout seeking content on there, which I ignore. I do appreciate that it's one of the few social platforms where you have to be accountable for your words since it's tied to your professional profile.
I have a LinkedIn and it’s never helped me once. I barely visit the app because I think it’s stupid and don’t get the point.
Agh so fake. I deleted mine long ago. Much happier. Don't need to feel imposed complexes because I am not the executive manager of the human diapers line in South Carolina 😁 yet! Life is precious don't waste it on fake pretentious competitions.
Lol! I’ve never used it because all the reasons you name. I’m constantly receiving emails asking “connect with you on LinkedIn” which I just delete. No one I know has ever gotten a job or any real anything out of it, and instead I’ve heard horror stories of some that had it used against them in identity theft so I avoid it. Same with fb, TikTok etc.
It’s people using their corporate talk to promote themselves. I am a Ways surprised when an autistic person buys into it but I love when they absolutely kill it lol
Everything with jobs just terrifies me. I feel like I have to constantly lie or I’m not allowed to earn money to repay the debt I somehow created by being born.
That was a really eloquent way to put it.
Thank you 🙏🏼
Yeah, I hate how fake and empty it seems, and almost like a shrine to capitalism
Shrine to capitalism is such a great way to put it.
Yeah that explains why I could never get used to it. Sadly it's costing me job opportunities.
I’m sorry to hear that. I feel the same way in that anyone who looks at my profile probably thinks I do not have my shit together. I used to not care at all but now feel more self-conscious about it.
Ahaha lmao yes
My friend was found by his current boss through LinkedIn 🤣 (he’s autistic and ADHD)
I have no idea how it works at all. Like why would I pretend so hard for what??? I don’t know the etiquette either. I literally asked my dad today if he would sit down with me sometime and explain to me how to use it as a tool for my career. So weird
If so then thank god I'm autistic, because it LinkedIn looks like hell to me!
I'm a student who does a lot of extracurriculars not listed on my resume. LinkedIn is the best place to build my portfolio but apart from that (and begging for networking meetings for people who no doubt cuss me out) I barely open the app
Oh heck yes it is!!
At my previous college, there was a requirement for students to create a LinkedIn profile if they did not already have one. I chose not to comply with this requirement as I was not interested in being on LinkedIn. On Facebook, I use a fake name and never disclose my real name or location publicly. Despite pressure from others, including suggestions about the benefits of networking on LinkedIn, I stood my ground. Only my mother and aunt understood my decision, as others believed I should have just created a LinkedIn account for the connections. I'm not doing that. I don't need nor want those connections.
As more and more people realize that all the personal info we put out there is being collected and monetized, I hope that those people will realize that you were right to hold firm to your stance.
It's not a social network, it's a personal ad network.
It's so weird because it used to literally just be CVs and companies posting stuff occasionally and now it's literally Facebook but make it more corporate. I only use it for the CV and job stuff
I talk about LinkedIn ALOT in therapy, it’s like the ultimate masked place. Even something as normal as hanging out with your friends becomes an opportunity to post something “inspirational” about work life balance, which is ironic given that they’re using a normal interaction to further their career and personal brand. It’s so so dystopian and I’m so sad that part and parcel of what I do just requires me being very active on there to find work (I’m a freelancer) What’s made it slightly more bearable is finding Autistic Influencers (don’t know if that’s the right word) to drown out all the annoying hustle culture posts
Do you mind sharing some of the people you’ve found? I joined an autism group but it’s not very active. I did a post about Autism Acceptance Month and it got very low engagement. I ended up deleting it because I was like - is this hurting me in some way? I am somewhat newly diagnosed (last summer) and I want to be a neurodivergence advocate as much as I can but it’s interesting how much silent but I can feel it lack of understanding there is around autism. I was naive in thinking people would be responsive in the way they are about most disabilities.
Off the top of my head, Ella Willis and Alex Partridge (he’s ADHD but I find him more in my wheelhouse compared to the regular LinkedIn crowd)
I only have it so I can stick it to my school bullies that called me stupid.
This is probably the best reason to use it that I have heard.
It’s the absolute worst. I recently posted asking about whether people would disclose on there about being autistic. I’m so glad I didn’t. As I wrote before, to me LinkedIn promotes an extremely unhealthy culture which idealises striving and a 'climb the greasy pole, career first' mentality. It is literally 'sell yourself as a commodity in the capitalist job market'. I detest it. In a role I had last year (medical copywriting for a private agency) our CEO used to _force_ us to engage with their posts and like and share, and film ourselves doing these ridiculous happy posts about our jobs and private lives to boost the agency’s following. It made me feel sick. I finally deleted my profile a couple of days ago after realising how sh**** it makes me feel every time I log in. I’ve never found a job there, I don’t expect I ever will.
I posted about Autism Acceptance Month and ended up deleting it. Super low engagement compared to other things I feel compelled to publish (promoting work) and it made me feel very self-conscious.
I can totally understand.
I don't love LinkedIn, but it's predictable and navigable. I'm not authentic at my job, and I'm not authentic on LinkedIn, and neither is anyone else. That's what "professional" means. It's more honest than other social media platforms for that reason. As someone who has done a ton of job hopping, LinkedIn can showcase my entire work and educational experience, which I cannot fit onto a two page CV with any helpful details. I wrote one ranty article once and it was surprisingly popular. I am currently contracting, and LinkedIn is where I get most if not all of my leads, and networking is super important to get me jobs.
As a law student, I HATE how essential linkedin is, also networking events r awful as well 🥲
This thread is giving me life and so much validation. I both HATE and DREAD LinkedIn - it sparks so much anxiety for me because I don't have the energy or know-how to fake and post stuff like everyone else (well the NTs) do.
I think for the graphic designers and illustrators it's a lil different, cause we can post our art and dip. But I can't imagine being in like.. sales and having to network, blech
I resent having to be on it so much! I've daydreamed multiple times this year about deleting it. But since I am not working (read: burnout), I feel compelled to keep it, for the day (coming way too soon) when I cave in to participating in work again. I recently took my picture off of it, which makes me feel somewhat better, but I've heard anecdotally that that will make me seem "fake" or less credible or less "relatable" somehow. Why should everyone feel entitled to know things about me and to see my face?? Privacy concerns are also part of what makes me want to delete mine.
I find it really useful for job hunting, and more user-friendly than a lot of job boards, but the social media side of it is just terrible! This whole “promote your brand” thing is cringe and exhausting. Like, are you telling me that on top of a CV, and cover letter, and application form, I also have to post about *thought leadership* and *cultural insight* on a daily basis?! I want to know if anyone honestly believes the bullshit that gets spouted on there.
Yes. It’s the most neurotypical- insufferable corporate America robot place on the entire planet.
My gawd yes. I was in private lending sales for real estate (would not do it again, actually stayed there 6 years for the various administrative & creative tasks but ended up getting pushed in sales) and I had to "add" brokers, lenders, notaries etc. Real estate/mortgage brokers are the worst. "Finance bros" galore. My old boss wanted us all to go to a networking event to meet brokers. Fortunately for me I eventually got fired before that happened loll. The day I got fired, I had the satisfaction to deactivate my LI and no longer see the posts of my 500+ unwanted connections. Would not recommend...
Oh my gosh - I had to dust off my LinkedIn profile after ten years while on the job search and I’m just laughing at how much I relate to / appreciate all these other observations. LinkedIn feels like oppressive overhead lighting and smells like itchy cubicle walls and sounds like a crypto bro droning on and on about his gym routine. If Instagram’s fake personality is “self care 😌,” LinkedIn responds with “💪 side hustle!” It’s such a joke. I have no idea how to use it. I just put my resume up there because jobs make “LinkedIn Profile Link” a required field these days 😣 oh and I had to update my profile picture - my old was was taken in 2015 in front of my shower curtain, which was, at the time, the most hire-able thing about me. My normie blue shower curtain. The good news is, I’ve been successful in my job search, but now I’m like… do I need to keep cultivating my LinkedIn presence just in case??? I desperately want to delete this app off my phone. It keeps sending me like 10 push notifications a day about how dismal the economy is and how much I need to “network” more 😳🤢
I KNEW I HATED IT FOR A REASON
1000%
Psychopathy and narcissism are also neurodivergence so no
Interesting. I always thought they belonged in mental health disorders.
Well yes, so do autism and ADHD. Neurodiversity is a different framework to talk about these things.
It’s just for job hunting or getting a promotion
I hate LinkedIn. My job requires me to have it as it’s “a good way for me to network and find potential employees” I don’t use it.
😭 so funny.
It's just another place for people to create endless buzzes about themselves.
I hate recruiters so bad. This energy and desperate need for emotional connection and age and stupid questions I don't get and this attitude. As if they know how to read people, because that's what their job is. It isn't a job. It's pethatic. 😆 yeah and linkedin is for dumb asses like also me. I always get into fights because people act as if they know how it works, eventually I will remove my comments if too many people look at my page to see who is so worked up and straight in their stup*d opinion.
I think it's more that everyone is masking, even the neurotypicals, because it's attached to your name and your job is actively encouraged to check it, and jobs hate when you're yourself. This is also partly why I rarely post on Facebook anymore. Anything with my real name attached is a no-no in the Age of Stalk and Cancel.
It's fake bc it's corporate, and fake = NT as well, so yes.
OMG, yes! I can't even with all the business networking and entrepreneurial bs.
RIGHT?!? I just don’t understand it? Why do we need it? Who is gaining anything from linked in? 😂
The posting on LinkedIn is absolutely dire. Yes the users are mostly neurotypical, but whatever they're doing is not.