35 Times LinkedIn ‘Influencers’ Embarrassed Themselves And Got Dragged On This Twitter Page (New Pics)
InterviewGoing on LinkedIn is very much like going through the looking glass into Bizarre-O Land. It’s a wild ride. Maybe you spot a few genuinely good briefs with some practical advice in your feed, shared by seasoned industry veterans. Then you sidestep a hundred or so people robotically bragging about how they’re so grateful/happy to quit/start a position at their old/new job. At this point, you’re so deep down the rabbit hole that you start noticing the most awful stuff that LinkedIn has to offer—clearly fake, extremely cringy self-promo posts that ‘professionals’ write for views and likes.
You know, the ones where CEOs, recruiters, and high-flying managers do their best to seem human while they offer banal, double-spaced ‘wisdom’ just to stay relevant online. JR Hickey, from California, shares the very worst examples of brain-rotting content on his ‘The Best of LinkedIn’ Twitter page. Scroll down to check out the very worst LinkedInfluencers’ posts and remember to upvote the ones that made you facepalm.
JR, the founder of @BestofLinkedin, answered Bored Panda's questions about why these LinkedInfluencers behave the way that they do, as well as what LI users could do to stand out without resorting to lying online. Read on for our full interview!
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He'll do it again also because he has a wife at home that resents him & wants him out.
I have had managers like this. But they didn't brag about it on Linked In
My version - I was on my way to the interview but I saw a cat stuck in a tree, so I chose not to go to the interview and rescued the cat instead and ruined my new suit. It turns out that the cat was the interviewer and hired me on the spot
Yeah, I'm disappointed this is being used for shameless self-marketing, because I'm fully prepared to believe that, outside of LinkedIn, this conversation did happen, based solely on genuine real world conversations (about Alexa and Siri, but the gist is the same) with my then 6-year-old nibling.
I have family in Utah. Utah is another world. Utah nonsense is next-level. And this Utahs so hard that it is actually the one of the most Utah things I’ve ever read or heard.
To be honest, if I was a parent, I would hope anyone admiring my daughter(s) would be the type to practice safe sex rather than carry a random hair tie. I would also have taught both daughters and sons the importance of consent and the potential consequences so they can make their own, informed decisions. Purity ideas like his will only make his daughters worse equipped to be safe when they start dating.
Why would anyone shake a beta? It's poor little fishy brain would get all bollocked up!
Alright, time for me to ruin the picture for everyone. Anyone else notice the fact that he’s photoshopped into the car?
Started out decent then completely flew off the rails
Wow, those kids’ handwriting is really impressive. Even more impressive is how everything is spelt 100% correctly and it’s written so formally. Definitely something that the kids made. /s
wait... your kid wanted to play so you took him for breakfast? do you understand the concept of playing at all? Did everyone at the restaurant clap after the 6th hug?
Oh yes so many messages about a cross that, like, hundreds of thousands of people wear regularly. All these people who don't know what that means and are so confused.
Oh man. Idk what he thinks this is saying, but he just sounds like a wimp.
Added a few Easter Eggs. Aka; Built the entire thing myself, then said my child built it for internet clout
nothing infuriates me more than those "hidden" ads actually. if you're trying to sell me something, at least be upfront about it. advertisements are never honest, but how am i expected to trust you on your product if i can't even trust you on your ad? I remember watching Love Simon 5y ago. one character wore a bright red coca-cola t-shirt in a neutral/blue coloured scene. it was the only thing you saw and it drew your eye immediately. the only thing i remember about that film is the blatant advertising throughout it all.
Most of these can be so much shorter... "I'm rich so i always fly first class, unlike the peasant sitting next to me. She's so excited about everything while to me, this is all just very normal and mundane"
A word is what it is, it is the context that makes it derogatory. So in this context, i suggest we keep the word savant and throw you in the bin
Maybe i'm a bit out of touch, so open to being educated about this, but that seems to be an awfully long-winded way of saying "Hey, they made a movie about me"
no breakfast before 07:00 (military time), why are you in the dining room?
#lies #insecurity #8-year-olds don't know what an ulcer is #i don't think you know what the word illusion means #why can't you just be proud of your kids #without feeling like you have to lie about the things they say #making you think less of them the more you do it #and causing these kids to grow up as neurotic messes #maybe stop trying to get attention
Okay, but this... This is kinda cute. Her daughter's power suit is definitely powerful.
Posting that you're shocked by NYC prices just makes you look like a rube. And no street vendor cares to "look into your soul"
I hate LinkedIn SO MUCH. I need it for work but I can't spend more than 10 min without wanting to throw the laptop in a lake
I usually enjoy even the stupidest BP content, but this just made my eyes glaze over, item after item. I can't relate to these people whatsoever
I had to stop reading because me, my colleagues, and the people in the building next door, were so in awe of these posts that we all started clapping and couldn't stop. /s
I hate LinkedIn SO MUCH. I need it for work but I can't spend more than 10 min without wanting to throw the laptop in a lake
I usually enjoy even the stupidest BP content, but this just made my eyes glaze over, item after item. I can't relate to these people whatsoever
I had to stop reading because me, my colleagues, and the people in the building next door, were so in awe of these posts that we all started clapping and couldn't stop. /s
