50 Of The Funniest Facepalm-Worthy Posts From LinkedIn “Influencers” (New Pics)
We live in the “Influencer Age,” where people project themselves as relevant figures to be admired and emulated. We see most of them on Instagram or TikTok, either flaunting their luxurious lifestyle, showing random moments of their day, or sharing something inspirational for their audiences to take in.
Recently, LinkedIn has been another platform where supposed thought leaders share insights with fellow professionals. While many have found success, others have failed miserably —and in some of the most unintentionally hilarious ways.
Here are some examples we’ve taken from the Best of LinkedIn Instagram page. Who knew that being motivational could turn into something this comedic?
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Linkedin Park - Applied so hard and got so far, in the end, i wasn't even hired!
So I tried to call the local mall. But in the end, still wasn't even hired
Load More Replies...Gymming like that makes me think you're a self-absorbed narcissist. But that's just an impression; what do I know?
Sounds like intelligence has been chasing him all of his life, but he's always been two steps ahead...
I’m rubbish at sticking to an exercise regime but super reliable with it comes to work because, guess what? I get paid to work and other people are relying on me for my input, whereas no one but me cares how fit I am.
I doubt his bosses are as committed to such a fitness regimen. Dude, if you like working out, more power to you, but don't make it seem like running 20 miles a week should be a requirement.
I wouldn't care if they looked like Jabba the Hutt, as long as they have a brain.
So, someone with a physical disability but equal skills to yours shouldn't get hired? Is that what you're saying? You really just sound like you're bragging and that is quite unattractive.
LinkedIn was initially known as a platform for people to expand their career network. They get to connect with fellow professionals in their industry and land a new opportunity.
Founded in 2002, its vision and mission were straightforward: to create economic opportunities for every member of the global workforce and connect the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful.
And I hope someday the world will heal and there will be no more homophobic scumbags, only peace and love
Aww, two insanely rich white people got together. Whoop-de-f**kin-do.
She'll be writing a song about him in about a year....
Load More Replies...I’m not sure Tay Tay would approve of your take on her wedding photos
The horrors of having to live knowing that people they don't know, living in places they've never been are doing things they don't approve of and it frightens them. I'm guessing :p
Load More Replies...The funniest comments , by far, are those by Inigo Montoya. Great job Inigo!
Load More Replies...I thought he was going to say how much time the man is wasting when he could be productive.
Load More Replies...Wow. A feelgood story that isn't just a rephrased dystopian horror story. Refreshing.
However, over the past few years, LinkedIn has evolved into a more standard social media platform, albeit with its professional facade remaining intact. Posts have become more personal, as evident in the screenshots on this list. So much so that many have dubbed the platform the “Facebook for suits.”
According to writer, professional marketer, and Offended Marketing founder Dan Kelsall, that shift happened simply because people are “less and less trusting of brands” and are “tired of boring marketing.”
"The skill is to speak like your audience and be relatable to your audience,” Kelsall told the BBC in 2023, noting that he had amassed 66,000 followers in the seven years he’d been on the platform at the time. As of this posting, Kelsall has over 72,000 followers.
And make sure you still keep working 70-80 hours a week too. Being dead is no excuse for not exploring new opportunities for personal growth
What. An atrocious waste. I'm supposed to be impressed this guy can't plan enough to order just enough for himself to eat. Dude, ordering 20 entrees when you're eating by yourself just makes you look sad, pathetic, and wasteful.
I know he is trying to brag. But seriously he just looks like a idiot who's bad with his money and wastes food, where are his friends? I bet his credit score is garbage.
I refuse to believe he ate all of this. Wasting food is not a flex, bruh
So because you were a greedy, thoughtless p***k, they had to put a limit on the number of eggs people were allowed. Got it.
Exactly! He’s so absorbed with what he wants the lesson to be he isn’t thinking about what actually happened.
Load More Replies...Well considering the price of eggs lately they were sure to notice.
So I've been pretty hard eyerolling at people that deride white people food as bland and tasteless(y'all never heard of herbs? Of using cooking and preserving techniques to build flavor?) but I uh...I retract my objections.
When his dude farts he’s gonna be on about why no one wants to be with him
Marketing entrepreneur Azadeh Williams shared a similar sentiment regarding the shift in posting tone on LinkedIn to a more personal approach. As she explained in the same BBC interview, her long tenure as a journalist helped shape her perspective.
“I can spot marketing rigmarole and a contrived script. You have to be your crude, authentic self to attract your audience,” she explained.
Someone better be double-checking this guy's sell sheets.
Load More Replies...That comment just gave me Bugs Bunny flashbacks. Good times.
Load More Replies...Why is a copy on LinkedIn? Why would they be interested in cold-calling? SO many questions
Just saying…funny how ICE masks do not “restrict breathing” or “limit personal liberty”.
If he's fully vaccinated, the mask really isn't necessary. Right? /s
I mean I wear a mask when I have a regular cold because I'm trying not to be a d**k.
Load More Replies...As a 64 year old grandma, I can attest that the only LinkedIn content I have read is this post.
Pro tip - keep it that way. LI is like Tinder for multi-level marketing wanna-be influencers.
Load More Replies...Most grandma's would not care. Also, you look kind of goofy in that photo.
Some people have even turned to LinkedIn to find love. According to firsthand accounts, some individuals may disguise their pickup lines as supposed job offers. However, the tell would be that the offers would be in industries that are entirely unrelated to theirs.
I couldn't finish it with out my v****a crawling completely up into my body..
I'm surprised he didnt claim that everyone cheered & applauded and carried him around on their shoulders.
Um. This didn't happen. Nobody gave a c**p if this guy ordered water.
News flash: I like beer. It's not about making a statement; I'm just ordering something I'd like to have. Sorry.
ChatGPT: Write an inspirational letter about how Tracy is poor.
Follow me on my journey as I wallow in the muck with the peasants.
Well I'm a cheapskate too, except I don't have to write a whole lot of guff to say as much
I'm not a cheapskate but cheap is all I can afford.
Load More Replies...Pretending to do this much while being an EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT is literally insane.
"I don't hit snooze. I hit life." I was pretty much done after reading that
Why would anyone be happy about having KPIs? That's a thing to be avoided.
I know right?! One of our upper managers is obsessed with that s**t. No one likes him. It's fair to ask for reasonable turn-atound times for stuff but no one likes a micromanager.
Load More Replies...I'm shocked to realize that apparently it's not supposed to be sarcasm.
When the alarm goes off, I hit life too. Life better shut up so I can sleep a little longer.
I’m not even capable of coherent thought without coffee. What world does this clown live in?
But if you ask the powers that be, LinkedIn’s business model has been the same ever since. The platform’s editor-in-chief, Daniel Roth, admitted to using algorithms to “determine the right content” for users, not to “steer people in one direction.”
Roth adds that the pandemic encouraged the shift in approach to using the site, stating that people found they received “remarkable feedback” when they were more vulnerable, like talking about their mental health. LinkedIn currently has over one billion worldwide users.
Also ew. People act like there's no one else around but them. We don't want to see your ding dong. Put on some shorts!
Lol no not the Chester the molester stash! Good god man you can't be getting naked in public full stop but you REALLY shouldn't be doing it with that mo!
AN early morning swim. You cant expect me to take anything you say seriously when you can't even get simple words right.
So since you've been a minority owner your team hasn't won a single time?
The team has 538,967 shareholders, each one has a full vote at a once a year meeting (in person, sign over a proxy, or mail in vote). It is a Public Owned Non Profit since 1923, that is fan owned. The max shares any one person can own is 200,000, and the total shares of the 5,204,625 shares. Shares cannot be sold without the teams permission, and the team every few years puts more shares on the market. When they go on sale, they cost $250 per share, and new first time fans get first dibs to purchase 1 single share, until half the shares are sold, before the rest become free-for-all. Every year they hold board of director elections, and a vote for Packers President, the board and president pick the executive team (CEO, CFO, GM, etc) who actually run the team. There is a process for the shareholders to nominate people to a committee that selects the candidates for the board, which then all 500,000+ owners vote on who gets the positions. But being a non-profit, no one gets dividends.
After salaries, operating expenses, stadium repairs, the "reserve fund" etc, the remaining money goes to charity in Wisconsin, from libraries, to animal welfare, to soup kitchens and food pantries, to youth programs, to college scholarships for low income students with good grades, to cancer research and more. Millions a year gets funneled through 5 different channels to various causes, as each channel control different things (like they have a fund for cancer research, a fund for college and trade school scholarships, and so on)
Load More Replies...The team has 538,967 shareholders, each one has a full vote at a once a year meeting.
Load More Replies...And rather good satire at that. I genuinely laughed.
Load More Replies...*sniff* *sniff* Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you toot...
I found the original post and profile. Grace is very funny and this is 100% not serious
"Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat, the more you write dumb posts like this."
Replace ''beans'' with Vegemite andd you're an Aussie.
If you have to tell everyone you’re nice, you’re not nice.
Load More Replies...I wonder if they have to wear matching purple outfits with Nike sneakers...
If you're able to do all these things why do you spend so much energy bragging?
The worst thing I can think of in the world is going to Bali with Stephen. I'd rather be literally anywhere else. Let me guess, you're all 'like family' there, right?
Oh, good grief. Craig probably left because he couldn't stand meeting with you anymore.
No. You are only burning yourself out for what? You think your customers live like that? No one EVER said”gee I wish I didn’t take vacations or enjoy my weekends. I should’ve worked more.”
So why bother getting tickets in the first place? It sounds like he should be glued to his laptop 24/7 waiting for the next exciting bug report
Few days ago went to a lovely resort with its own private beach and amazing gardens. Noticed a guy (didn't look anything more than 25) always with his laptop. Be it during breakfast or dinner services, at the swimming pool, the beach, he just stared at his laptop screen. He wasn't watching a show that's for sure. I mean why even come to a place like this if that is all you wanted to do.
Wow, your job is your life. Good for you. I guess you missed the past decade or two. Work-life balance is the aspirational goal, not turn yourself into a support-monkry for some company that will can your a** faster than you can hang up on a customer
I don't have a sauna..but I can cry in the shower after reviewing my bank account.
Sometimes I wish I could upvote comments like 10 times.
Load More Replies...I didn't any time listed for taking a dump. No doubt it would throw the schedule out of whack so he has to forgo it.
I reckon that's what the 30 minute workout actually is.
Load More Replies...why does this guy think he is amzing. i get up a 05:30 go to gym, and then at 08:00 at work everything in between is standard practice. just cos you document every little thing you doesn't make you a "hustler".
4 coffees in less than 2 hours? When's he going to schedule the massive shìt he's got brewing? He can save 5 minutes if he combines his lemon with sea salt with his electrolyte drink. BOOM! Now he's got 5 minutes for the bathroom!
Btw, the laptop has been cropped out of the pic. The insta link has the full pic.
oohhhhhh, that makes sense. i thought i needed new glasses!
Load More Replies...Oh god during the lockdown I was forced to listen to all my dad’s meetings so for a brief amount of time I became whatever Zara is here. Never again
"Then I put Zara back in the closet with the other dolls, and went back to talking to myself in the mirror."
Anyone else feel like "truly" gets devalued just a tad more with every one of these posts? I truly feel it starting to convey the opposite of what it's supposed to.
Yeah, stay at home, Mark. You sound like a shallow, uninteresting, self-absorbed tw@t.
Her soon-to-be-ex-husband really did a funny here! 😂
At 25 scam calls a day? No, no I don't think I'll be identifying myself.
Every person that guy met on his business trip could probably tell he'd spent his nights in his rental car instead of hotel room, which did not make a good impression.
Most cars' bathing facilities are rudimentary at best.
Load More Replies...Plot twist: hire car company charges $1,000 to fumigate the car after some grungy mf lived in it for a weekend.
How romantic. Go on a date with this guy and get a sales pitch (probably complete with flipcharts too)
"And suddenly, I had the rapt attention of everyone within earshot who later insisted on how they could invest in my company."
I'll be the judge of what I deserve. And you are cordially invited to fellate me.
Does this apply to all of us or just this particular person? 😉
Load More Replies...We have the same concept here in Australia except we just call it "dinner"
You WILL get to pick between the "World's Worst Parent" award or the "Why I Never Call my Parent" award.
Or the worst old age home they could find for you....
Load More Replies...I'd have said "Nothing. The HR department's primary function is to mitigate legal and financial risk for the company, and they do not share the emotional burdens carried by the employees".
Must be nice to be able to function on so little sleep. Most people need a lot more. Not want; NEED.
And guess who's going to die alone, only to be discovered several days later after your cats have eaten off your face.
Great news for the companies. They get an office dogsbody for free to do all the photocopying and the morning coffee run
It tells you nothing about how someone leads. Where do they come up with this drivel.
I know! Someone needs to set up an incontinence business to cater to these guys.
Load More Replies..."I had a baller year of fun with my friends and our kids. Do you remember our kids? Name one of their names."
Uh, I know bankers. They're not exactly hurting for free time. And the high end ones always say they work "in finance." Guess what? They're not that busy, either.
They forgot to add the bit about paying the owner for permission to come to work
Someone sounds either a little manic here or as if she's snorting a lot of the white powder.
Sure, embarrass your child in front of the whole world for a little pat on the back from other sociopaths.
It's seems to be soooooooo satisfying to be a sociopath sometimes.
It would be the best, I think. No real thoughts in head, just self-agrandizment and pleasure-seeking. F*****g NOICE.
Load More Replies...The Narcissist’s Prayer by Dayna Craig. That didn’t happen. And if it did, it wasn’t that bad. And if it was, that’s not a big deal. And if it is, that’s not my fault. And if it was, I didn’t mean it. And if I did, you deserved it.
The shivers down my spine, just in time for Halloween.
Load More Replies...I think your grandmother would say, "How did I last through all that hell just to have a granddaughter who is too fucking stupid to learn how to use a power tool before trying to use it?".
She runs a company but doesn't know how to flip a switch? That's a real confidence builder.
Eat a f*****g meal, for f**k sakes. "Cleanse". Get the f**k out of here, dude.
"Account executive" means "salesman." In case anyone was wondering.
So in spite of all the "little inconveniences" in my life, let me tell you about ME.
I know that sign. I'm fairly certain it's a used car place in Florida...
Awesome! Let's hope she can show real commitment to that role by rocking up to the interview in her wedding dress.
Don't hire anyone if they don't understand what a work/life division is. They will burn out and/or ruin the business.
People actually admit what shitty parents they are on line. Too bad she doesn't recognise what an idiot she is.
It's LinkedIn, The Hustle comes first. Everything else is irrelevant
Load More Replies...Another story that mentions peeing? Is this some kind of LinkedIn f****h.?
Sorry mate, those AI recruitment tools will now just bin those resumes showing no experience so those candidates won't even be on your radar
Just move along lady, you're holding up the line of cars with your questions
Well I guess the stock market also involves screwing other people too
He's in full body traction but by Jove he's going to use a mouth stick to make sure those emails get answered
No they just want to make sure they fall asleep quickly when you start reading it to them
F**k off. Is what I'd say to if you showed up at my door trying to sell me what I'm not even exactly sure what it is..
...which is invariably followed by the tooting of one's own horn.
Load More Replies...This is so fake. How would a random gym person know they were going there?
Yes, but most people learn that in kindergarten.
Load More Replies...You HAD a secret. Personally I'd have been quite all right with you keeping it. This is one unconventional, but perfect, example for those who insist that "talking about it" will solve any problem. 1) I for one have a new problem now (a graphic imagination can do that), 2) Peter is likely to gain a new problem or three, depending on how refined of a sense of humour his friends, family, and coworkers have, and 3) Peter will NEVER get told anyone's secret ever (which, to be fair, can also solve/prevent problems).
Sorry I missed that did you say you recently booked a trip to Europe and you've had exposure therapy? Oh you did ..sorry it wasn't clear.
OMG! Why does everyone take personal (sometimes really personal, looking at you shy pee guy) and think that we (1) want to read about your cringy personal failures and (2) can learn something from your forced perspective.
Didn't you read the follow-up? Apparently after learning of this glorious testament of profound, insightful babble, his ex showed up on his doorstep and proposed to HIM! Oh what rapturous joy! /S
Probably the other person was sick and tired of you crapping on about brands all the time
You know, only ChatGPT uses emoji bullet points like that. But I’m not surprised; about half of these are obviously ChatGPT.
And then he put the sock puppet back in his drawer and continued to sit in silence in the empty office.
The person who loves him the most, himself....
Load More Replies...At the end of his life, he'll be thinking, "man, I wish I hadn't spent so much time with my family. I should have worked more."
What kind of psycho goes around taking pics of other passengers snoring and then sends it to them? Oh, thats right, NO ONE. Bet he couldn't wait to land so he can bore the balls off everyone about not having wifi. In fact, 100% sure he paid for wifi on the plane so he could upload this dross.
This seems mostly like a woman desparate to make her husband take on his share of chores, doesn't it?
Sounds like undiagnosed ADHD to me. The grasping at a control that doesn’t exist…..reminds me of me
It’s true. They gonna be suffering in this environment
Load More Replies...I guess those team members putting in long hours for little pay mustn't have too many bills to worry about. I guess that's the luxury of still living in Mommy's basement
So I guess "growth" and "opportunities" and "learning" can be gained from every scenario, from having an affair to pissing in your pants
And he's dead. Too stupid to get medical care. Not the greatest role model.
Load More Replies...Or to play in the park on his own for a bit and find his mother in his own good time.
Load More Replies...This can be really scary for parents thanks to Action McNews and their relentless Stranger Danger c**p. Bad things can happen, but that's not the norm, but most parents are so brainwashed with fear marketing that their instinct is to panic.. And the days of having a "house phone" with one number to memorize are gone. I can see where a kid without a phone would have never memorized the number.
Only for you to tell them "Sorry we're looking for someone younger"
I didn't expect that. I was expecting to read something from a supposedly precocious 6 year old about "growth", "opportunities", "learning", "synergies" etc
What kind of 6 year old has such beautiful spelling? My eyes are burning after having been blessed by this image
Maria is going to have a divorce if she ever gets married and if she has children they will eventually go no or low contact with her. What a future to look forward to!
And I raise your Philippians 4:13 with John 11:35 - "Jesus wept."
Again wiht the pee. I think it should be called PeedIn instead of LinkedIn.
Load More Replies...He forgot to mention that the flight attendant, with tears of joy streaming down their face, upgraded him to first class and that the red carpet was ready for him on the tarmac when the plane landed.
"I ruined people's lives and still found a way to make it all about me"
FFS, throw your itinerary party in private mate, we're not interested.
Years ago I got trapped in a hotel bathroom as the door handle came off and wouldn't go back on. As it was an old wooden door, I could pull bits off it off until I could get at the lock and unlock it to get out.
I got locked in my gym bathroom. And it was my first day. Noone could hear me over the blasting music. It was one of those thick, heavily frosted glass doors. My phone was in my locker. The gym was on 2nd floor and the window was too small (not that i would have tried😆) It took almost 20 mins for the receptionist to notice. They had to break the lock. I was known as the bathroom girl for sometime.
Load More Replies...So I guess LinkedIn is the place to go if you want to talk about incontinence, rather than a specific support group website
What makes these idiots think anyone cares about their incontinence?
Of course they don't know anything about leadership, they didn't mention urination once.
Currently further up there's a post from the manager. In short: he boasted not to give the PTO, a site making fun of these LInkedIn posts reposted it, he sent above temper tantrum and (as per the other post) lost his job. Responded to that by insulting everyone in the company and wanted to report BestofLinkedIn for "bad vibes".
Load More Replies...Well, we don't know the terms, but a dweeb like this would probably post the term sheet if someone asked.
Load More Replies...I think I got through about 10 before I had to shut it down bc these were all so gross.
Had to give up part way, all the people clapping in the background was getting distracting :p
The article is about losing touch. Do you upvote for the puke-inducing slime or downvote for the puke-inducing slime?
Wow. This is probably the first time I've seen a comment section in complete agreement. Nothing brings us all together like insufferable Linkedin bros...
I learned a lot about the link between successful leadership and incontinence in this thread. I can see now how my bladder control has held me back in life
I think I got through about 10 before I had to shut it down bc these were all so gross.
Had to give up part way, all the people clapping in the background was getting distracting :p
The article is about losing touch. Do you upvote for the puke-inducing slime or downvote for the puke-inducing slime?
Wow. This is probably the first time I've seen a comment section in complete agreement. Nothing brings us all together like insufferable Linkedin bros...
I learned a lot about the link between successful leadership and incontinence in this thread. I can see now how my bladder control has held me back in life
