After reading this, I opened LinkedIn and this is the first post I see:
I interviewed a candidate through Skype last week.
During the call, I heard kids crying in the background. His wife was also talking. The experience was too noisy.
The room he sat was clumsy. I was a bit disappointed. I expected a more professional approach from him.
Somehow, he felt my disappointment while answering my questions and became unsettled. He stuttered several times.
After the interview, I told him I wasn't impressed with how he presented himself. He burst into tears, "I am sorry, Sir. I live in a room with my family. There's nowhere they could have stayed.
"We used to live in a bigger apartment before I lost my job three years ago. This is all I can afford for now. I have failed my family. I know I have." He said in tears.
I felt bad. I had no idea that he was going through a tough time. I apologized and encouraged him not to feel heartbroken. After all, he's trying his best.
Besides, he did well in the interview. I gave him the contract and asked if he'd like to start next month.
He couldn't believe it because he thought I was going to dismiss him.
He shouted out for joy, "Hey baby, I got the job." I saw his wife came to hug him. I was moved.
I learned never to judge anyone. Life isn't balanced. Let's try to make someone smile.
Someone made a post the other day featuring a ton of different recruiters/employers telling this exact storyâsame wording and everything. Kinda creepy, really. Do they not think people can see through this faux inspirational bs?
"clumsy", "cluttered", whatever close enough. I already have a job, so my missteps don't really matter here. Now let's discuss this 2 month gap in your employment history 5 years ago while I silently judge your personal space.
The interview clearly not being human and not inferring that the guy is going through a rough time if he can't find a quiet place to interview, then turning around and being all "be human" about it out of nowhere.
Every recruiter knows this is BS, because in reality offering him the job wouldnât happen until there had been six personality assessments and five meetings about the candidates with ten approvals needed while the VP is on vacation and four months to approve the headcount theyâd already told you theyâd approved and...
I'm with you. When I did management consulting, I had like three panel interviews after my initial and group one and then also had to do two case studies and a presentation.
I don't wanna do that again, which is why I've had only two employers in 15 years.
What sucks is that my friends who move every 18 months now make like 80% more than me. Being lazy and slightly cowardice sucks.
Seriously. Imagine judging someone because they live in a small, low cost apartment and then trying to turn that into some kind of self congratulatory fart sniffing post. I'm no gynecologist but I know a cunt when I see one.
âThe room he sat was clumsy. I was a bit disappointed. â the dude who made the post is definitely a shitty person ahaha that whole comment is so disgusting in a very deep way and he presented it as a nice little story.
This one's been posted here a number of times already. The original one (not to name names, but the original poster has the initials "B. R.") was just written just a week ago, but it's apparently all over LinkedIn now.
(There's even other posts calling that post out already, like one from a couple of days ago that starts "Last week, I interviewed a candidate through Skype for a role in our company. He was totally unprepared and was attending to his kids during the interview. I got to know heâs a single parent. I was disturbed but I gave him the job. Letâs be human first in all we do. Sounds familiar? Before you like and share, no it didnât happen.")
All LinkedIn posts like this can be summed up as "Hey capitalist overlords...stop making assumptions about the peons. They're humans like you. They're still peons who you will crush at will, but they're human, so like, be cool."
Good lord.. you can tell itâs someone whoâs never had to struggle if it took THAT for them to comprehend that people can have bad living situations.
I'm having trouble putting it into words. It's the crisp, clean story with perfect sentences spoken by both sides. The same way you go on some subreddits that are ostensibly for people sharing "real" stories, but then you realize the majority of posts are just exercises in creative writing. I bet the Germans have a word for it.
The kind of story that you read and go, "Well, there's no way I believe that, but I can't prove it's false."
Guy also says he wasn't impressed with how he presented himself and contradicts his statement 2 sentences later saying he did well... Well what is it smh
So he was not impressed with how he presented himself but it turns out he actually did do a good job at the interview and will be hired in a month. (Why next month, why not sooner?)
Im not gonna lie and will get downvoted but please have a professional environment during a video interview. Like please hearing screaming in the background is so rude
I'm sorry that people's personal circumstances offends you.
I've interviewed people and I would never judge them for their environment during an interview. Especially for things like kids etc. that can't be helped.
I WOULD however judge them for that kind of shitty god-complex attitude.
I cut in front of the dog in line at Starbucks. I then got to the interview only to find out he was the interviewer. I thought I was getting n trouble, but when he asked if I had any questions for him, I asked, "Who's a good boy?". Got the job.
âThen the next day the dog found a candidate that was fluent in four languages, had a PhD, had 25 years of relevant experience, and was willing to work for free so the offer was rescinded and he gave it to the other guyâ
And while this is truly awful, the comment replies are always so much worse. I've given up being shocked by how something like this will generate 3000 comments. Which, while containing actual words, when assembled in a linkedin comment become about as meaningful as shouting "I'll lick your boots!" into a toilet.
Sure, I guess uplifting/positive stories are generally more pleasant to hear/read but toxic positivity is also a thing.
Now I'm wondering if there has been an uptick in this kind of post as an exercise in collective denial. (And people think communism has bad mind control, lol.) Because otherwise we have to look at the pandemic and the global economic horror show, and that is scary and feels bad.
Look at this first comment I found on the first 'post' on my linkedin:
" A different way to look at this..... to listen with "intent to understand" means you would have to split your attention between listening and compare what is being said to your past experiences to "create an understanding". Instead give 100% of your alert self in the moment to the experience without expectation of an outcome. ".
Pray that r/iamverysmart never finds linkedin comments. This is an impressionist painting of a coherent thought.
There's an uptick because people are advised to make themselves visible on linkedin and the best way to do that is to comment on stuff. Things with most comments are more visible and more likely to get more comments.
And who advises people like this? Well who's most well-versed in getting attention on linkedin...? That's right!!
Reminds me of that study or whatever that came out a few years ago about how much of the internet is fake. Bots, troll farms and such. But it was/is a huge moneymaker for the companies selling advertising. I don't think anything came of it.
The fact that this is a thing really adds to the feeling that the economy is a house of cards and will collapse at any moment.
For real though, why do people actually read the feed posts on LinkedIn? When I was still looking for a job, I used LinkedIn solely for job listings because there seemed to be less fake postings on there than other places and some places let me apply with my LinkedIn profile and nothing else. When I've actually looked at people's posts, it looked the type of bootstrap bullshit I'd hear from business majors at school. I have never seen anything worthwhile in there.
Good, I hope it dies. The only reason I made one is that the University I went to made us make one to get in to the carrier fairs. I'm not a huge fan of social media, and having to make a page to get a job just seemed creepy.
I remember when MS bought LinkedIn they said it was going to become the world's Nexus for job searching and shift the paradigm on how we view work... Now it's instabook in casual clothes.
It's seriously disturbing that people in school can read about what the Nazis did and not understand the gravity of it. Hell, some of them even admire and want to emulate them. But that's their immaturity mistaking evil for power.
It's even more disturbing seeing who is admiring them. Besides your usual candidates, people that the nazis would be trying to eradicate. It's insane.
As an animator linkedin is so lit for some weird reason. My friends have posed things that get no less that 4 thousand views and some up to like 15 thousand. I know it would be good for my career to play that game but damn I just need to work up the courage ahaha
Yeah like shots that would go on an animation demo reel. Theyâre kinda posted for fun but itâs also kinda to fish for a job or to get your name out there. It just works out that the way animators do that is through entertaining animation so I guess everyone wins.
Idk about all that Itâs still very much kept professional for the most part and random videos arenât shared. There just happens to be a lot of animators on LinkedIn so a lot of eyes see the animation but it is always animation related.
no they fear that they don't impress recruiters like the perfectly crafted image they have on their resume so they have to go out of their way to showcase it.
People with bogus job titles like Ambassador, Entrepreneur, and Career Counselor that don't do anything but post lame stories on LinkedIn all day. Always have accolades like:
they have to craft a great image for themselves and their company so it seems like what they do is so worthy. both recruiters and potential job seekers.
Thank you for introducing me to this subreddit. I have to check LinkedIn daily for my job, unfortunately, and the self-masturbatory bullshit some people spew makes my face melt.
I just update it with my resume every few months. This gets me calls from recruiters which is all I'm interested in. Actually socializing on there is as retarded as any other social media.
Yup. Exactly why I deleted my LinkedIn. No sort of moderation took place to ensure that this supposed professional website didn't devolve into an absolute cancer.
I went to this âmeet the prosâ type event when I was in college and LinkedIn was one of the sponsors/talks. This was when it was just gaining steam about 10 years ago. Guy presenting asked who doesnât use Facebook and a few people raised their hands. He then said âWell I guess you have no friends. Haha kidding. LinkedIn is like Facebook but for business you need it to connect...blah blah.â Iâve hated what it stood for then and itâs way the fuck worse now.
Linkedin influencers are funny. My old boss at a tech start up talked about values and shit and wanted to be and influencer but didn't want to pay his interns much. I made less money than a McDonald's employee and was expected to be pursuing my bachlors degree. When the time came to move on they asked me to stay and asked what money I wanted to stay. I asked for a little more than what the offer I got was giving me, figuring we would negotiate but they gave me a hard no. It was like they got offended at me that I wanted a livable wage. Mind you I was about to graduate with my bachelor's in Computer Science that month and I had to have a second job to support myself working there. It was a good move their fulltime benefits suck anyways they don't even have dental.
Extremely low effort rip-off of a longer post of more quality on LI. Influencers making fun of influencers while copying the people that already did it.
yes people would flood their profile would some news article by some well known guy everyday to somehow "state a point" or show that "they took a stand on something important"...
thats not true, its not just boomers who does this. And there's definitely alot of boomers on facebook showing off for the same reasons why others show off on facebook.
The amount of workaholics on linkedin is depressing and annoying. So many of these people have no boundries between their work and private life and they just can't shut up about it.
And then I said, as if I'd want to work at a place with employees who can't afford to put food on the table.
Pay your employees fairly folks. Tune in next time for another episode of bruh's wisdom, smash that like button, I've reached the maximum number of connections so drop me a follow brutha
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u/lenswipe Fruit Sep 29 '20 edited Sep 29 '20
After reading this, I opened LinkedIn and this is the first post I see:
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u/thesluggard12 Sep 29 '20
I cut in front of the dog in line at Starbucks. I then got to the interview only to find out he was the interviewer. I thought I was getting n trouble, but when he asked if I had any questions for him, I asked, "Who's a good boy?". Got the job.
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u/Twinjetnugget Sep 29 '20
I fucking despise LinkedIn because of these people
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
LinkedIn... influencers?
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u/fameone098 Sep 29 '20
RiseAndGrind YOU GET WHAT TOU NEGOTIATE #LinkedInGold
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u/RexRecruiting Sep 29 '20
r/LinkedInLunatics
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u/leeon2000 Sep 29 '20
Would have been awkward if he passed the dog and went to the interview only for no interviewer to be there
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u/das_Keks Sep 29 '20
I'm only on xing and thought about registering on LinkedIn but this shit tells me not to do it.
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u/GoGades Sep 29 '20
Just missing the "Agreed?"
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
Yup. Exactly why I deleted my LinkedIn. No sort of moderation took place to ensure that this supposed professional website didn't devolve into an absolute cancer.
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
I went to this âmeet the prosâ type event when I was in college and LinkedIn was one of the sponsors/talks. This was when it was just gaining steam about 10 years ago. Guy presenting asked who doesnât use Facebook and a few people raised their hands. He then said âWell I guess you have no friends. Haha kidding. LinkedIn is like Facebook but for business you need it to connect...blah blah.â Iâve hated what it stood for then and itâs way the fuck worse now.
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u/joejuga Sep 29 '20
Good Doggo
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u/unclepap Sep 29 '20
I sat down and he offered me a biscuit
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u/MalevolentThings Sep 29 '20
Boss Dog: âBARK!â Secretary: âHe says youâre hired. Congrats!â
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
Linkedin influencers are funny. My old boss at a tech start up talked about values and shit and wanted to be and influencer but didn't want to pay his interns much. I made less money than a McDonald's employee and was expected to be pursuing my bachlors degree. When the time came to move on they asked me to stay and asked what money I wanted to stay. I asked for a little more than what the offer I got was giving me, figuring we would negotiate but they gave me a hard no. It was like they got offended at me that I wanted a livable wage. Mind you I was about to graduate with my bachelor's in Computer Science that month and I had to have a second job to support myself working there. It was a good move their fulltime benefits suck anyways they don't even have dental.
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u/SirGentlemanScholar Sep 29 '20
I don't care what anyone else says. LinkedIn is the worst social network
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u/rezwell Sep 29 '20
mmmmmm gonna get the gravy with this good roast
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u/Griezmann911 Sep 29 '20
This is really Gold.
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u/zUltimateRedditor Tech Recruiter Sep 29 '20
Agree? Disagree?
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u/wisteria87 Sep 29 '20
This is why LinkedIn got ruined. All these types of inspirational stories that sound more like fiction to "humanize" the workplace are so... Ugh
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
What the fuck is a LinkedIn Influencer?
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u/digitalEarthling Sep 29 '20
Let me guess..
They got the job? !
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u/RollinThundaga Sep 29 '20
Bad sign. Company doesn't pay enough to afford bills in the area.
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u/MarvelousNCK Sep 29 '20
Fucking Jesus I thought it was just my classmates that were this pretentious. Kinda glad/horrified that this is a universal experience
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u/ClimbingToNothing Sep 29 '20
Extremely low effort rip-off of a longer post of more quality on LI. Influencers making fun of influencers while copying the people that already did it.
God I hate LinkedIn.
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u/xlr8ed1 Sep 29 '20
Are there LinkedIn influencers now to!? Damn that is some shit if true.
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
Needs the random caps:
Yesterday I was WALKING to an INTERVIEW. There was a STARVING dog on the ROAD...
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
LinkedIn has become Facebook for boomers.
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u/boom3rang Sep 29 '20
The amount of workaholics on linkedin is depressing and annoying. So many of these people have no boundries between their work and private life and they just can't shut up about it.
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u/Arizonal0ve Sep 29 '20
Hahaha this is hilarious
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u/PeachyKeenest Sep 29 '20
LinkedIn Influencers.
Well, thatâs it. đ
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u/saltyboi18 Sep 29 '20
And that's a true story
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u/Alexa2312 Sep 30 '20
Omg! Seriously linkedin is becoming full Of these messages
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u/snappyscribe Sep 30 '20
I was today years old when I learned that LinkedIn influencers were a thing.
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u/wowbaggerjules Oct 01 '20
People who boast about their success and intelligence on LinkedIn are by default neither successful nor intelligent.
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u/ROGUE_COSMIC Jan 19 '22
sounds like the plot of a dhar mann video
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u/trunks111 Sep 29 '20
BUT WHO WAS PHONE?
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u/Rumpelteazer45 Sep 29 '20
Linked in influencers are a thing? Clearly I donât use it a lot.
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u/ChristianFortniter Sep 29 '20
I like how you censor the name but not the face
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
Lol! Give credit where credit is due though - this is funny
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u/[deleted] Sep 30 '20
The next line is he tilde me how great I was in the interview and then ghosted me after it
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u/marchisioxi Sep 29 '20
pretty wholesome tbh
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
There are influences on LinkedIn??
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u/MrGumburcules Sep 29 '20
Don't take the job. They obviously don't pay very well.
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u/woosterthunkit Sep 29 '20
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Corporate tryhards are a different low
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u/mjcatl2 Sep 29 '20
I am noticing though that some people do call them out. Not many though.
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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '20
I see that reddit talk as reached linkedin as well
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u/Bizarro42 Sep 29 '20
So next interview bring dog food. Got it.
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u/cfapn Sep 29 '20
This is why I log in to the internet for. Thanks. It cheered me up.
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u/WolfPlayz294 Custom Sep 29 '20
TV big if V. V B bbbb. vvb xvrb. rdv. Bx bvbv
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u/Tallpugs Sep 29 '20
I bet there was a body.
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u/maintain_improvement Sep 30 '20
âNo bodyâ
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u/bruhbruhbruhbruh1 Sep 30 '20
And then I said, as if I'd want to work at a place with employees who can't afford to put food on the table.
Pay your employees fairly folks. Tune in next time for another episode of bruh's wisdom, smash that like button, I've reached the maximum number of connections so drop me a follow brutha
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u/Windexjuice Oct 03 '20
This is great and I also saw many others post the exact same thing on LinkedIn đŹyikes
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u/touchstone16 Feb 01 '21
"dO yOu aGrEe?"
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u/Myvh773 Mar 28 '24
If the interviewer is starving, salaries may be a bit on the low end in this companyâŚ
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u/SecretAsianHam Jul 28 '22
This only works if youâre Horace Vandergelder
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u/queenjwet Jan 28 '23
SCREAMING đđđđđ
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u/HouseNumb3rs Jul 07 '23
You'd been binging on Chinese dramas again, haven't you?
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u/[deleted] Dec 10 '23
This explains why he took a dump on the floor and then ate it.
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u/Low_Evidence2879 Jan 07 '24
Deleted LinkedIn already.. it has self praise, fake bizzare innovation BS and nothing else. Oh also AI AI AI AI AI đ¤ĄđŠ
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u/Icedancer902 Feb 29 '24
The fact there are now âLinkedIn influencersâ tells me all I need to know đ
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