This Twitter Account Is Dedicated To Showcasing All The ‘Crap On LinkedIn’ And Here’s 40 Of The Best Finds
If you've ever used LinkedIn out of necessity but thought it was a shallow dump of disreputable content, this Twitter account is for you. Crap On LinkedIn is dedicated to exposing all the lies, toxic-positivity, and straight-up fiction they find on the platform, and they've been making quite a name for themselves recently doing it, too.
"I used to work in sales and we would always share cringy posts around the team," Kirsty Callaghan, founder of RicochetB2B and the main person behind Crap On LinkedIn, told Bored Panda. "We would always wonder why there wasn't [at the time] an online curation of these posts so I put a Twitter account together. It was quite tough finding the posts to share regularly but now we have dozens of suggestions daily from our audience."
Continue scrolling and check out some of the best (or worst?) posts they have tweeted so far.
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In my reading, the tall ones are the stupidly optimistic that believe the plan cannot fail; shorty goes "well but did you check (...)?"
As Dan Price has proven, people will do even more when you pay them a decent wage.
"Pinky, are you pondering what I'm pondering?" "I think so, Brain, but what are we going to do with 6 billion payment cards?"
Mine is made out of plywood and cardboard with lots of duct tape. It's out back on the forklift.
He's Ferrari-adjacent at best... If I make a photo of me next to the Statue of Liberty, do you assume it's my statue? So how does this suggest he's even allowed to drive it (rent, lease, borrow)?
An oldie but goodie. " If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. After that give up. You're just making an a*s of yourself.
Maybe he deleted his own account after spotting the verb "Marketing" in the title...
So I can't read any books anymore until I have transformed into a vampire and sucked the blood out of countless virgins? Bummer....
Strange, because when people over 50 apply for a job, the companies tell them the exact opposite..
One of the many stories in "Things that never happened" Volume 13.
You'd be surprised how many times you get conned if you treat everyone like they are the CEO of your favorite company.
You don't need to review the calendar if you do the same thing EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
Again, show some respect! If somebody died, it’s DISRESPECTFUL to try and use the death to get more likes. I realize I sound like an old woman, but PEOPLE!!!! Come on!
Bottom line "My co-workers had the brains to know that it was time to step out of the rat race, while I believe that I shall live forever because I deny that growing old is a reality.
If "Hustle" is an essential part of your succes you either are a motivational speaker or an influenza.
Homeless people: Oh my God you're right! I need to get a job with the college degree I couldn't afford and stop buying beer with the money I don't have! The education I didn't get sure will pay off now!
I have NEVER done a single moment of work on the train into London. And I never will. That is my time. I have read books, tried some sketching (turns out I am not very good), and even just nestled up to a partition and caught up with some zzzzz, but I will NEVER check my emails until I walk through the front door of the office.
Reality: He was fired before he was hired because no one hires a guy who can't enter a room without slipping.
This isn't even the worst stuff on LinkedIn. There's a huge industry of "coaching" which is pseudo science mixed with fortune cookie wisdom all packaged up by talentless charlatans to take advantage of people in desperate need of guidance and support in their professional lives. They flood LinkedIn with these posts in the hope of scamming some cash from them. Most of the other posts are "that happened" humble brag asshats who say stuff like..."I had an interview today.....the candidate was nervous....because she was actually a talking goat....i didn't care...i hired her on the spot...good managers don't judge a candidate by their species...agree?" Eughhhh.
Actually, a talking goat would've been an improvement on some people I've worked for. And with.
Load More Replies...I hate entrepreneurship arrogance enough already. I don’t mean ANY person who starts a business. I mean THOSE types. You know. These people in this list. I couldn’t even get through even a quarter of this awful list. It’s just too f*****g embarrassing for humanity.
I like your posts. You speak your mind and it's refreshing :)
Load More Replies...This isn't even the worst stuff on LinkedIn. There's a huge industry of "coaching" which is pseudo science mixed with fortune cookie wisdom all packaged up by talentless charlatans to take advantage of people in desperate need of guidance and support in their professional lives. They flood LinkedIn with these posts in the hope of scamming some cash from them. Most of the other posts are "that happened" humble brag asshats who say stuff like..."I had an interview today.....the candidate was nervous....because she was actually a talking goat....i didn't care...i hired her on the spot...good managers don't judge a candidate by their species...agree?" Eughhhh.
Actually, a talking goat would've been an improvement on some people I've worked for. And with.
Load More Replies...I hate entrepreneurship arrogance enough already. I don’t mean ANY person who starts a business. I mean THOSE types. You know. These people in this list. I couldn’t even get through even a quarter of this awful list. It’s just too f*****g embarrassing for humanity.
I like your posts. You speak your mind and it's refreshing :)
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