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“The State Of LinkedIn” Twitter Page Exposes The Cringiest And Most Out-Of-Touch Posts On LinkedIn (30 Pics)
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Once upon a time, LinkedIn was a professional resource used to virtually track our career trajectories. It was an easy way to make connections with fellow professionals and allow companies to check out where you’re working and what you’ve accomplished recently. It’s not technically a social media site, however somewhere along the line, it started transitioning into a place where successful (we’ll use that word generously) people decided to start flaunting their wealth and sharing incredibly cringey posts…
That’s where The State of LinkedIn Twitter account comes into play. The page calls the site "a breeding ground for lies & brown-nosing", so down below, we’ve gathered some of the most hilarious tweets exposing false and ridiculous posts from LinkedIn that might give you secondhand embarrassment. Keep reading to also find interviews we were lucky enough to receive from the creator of The State of LinkedIn and LinkedIn Business Strategist, Salina Yeung.
Be sure to upvote the posts you find most atrocious, and let us know in the comments if you’ve ever encountered cringey or downright false claims on LinkedIn. Then, if you’d like to check out another Bored Panda article detailing what a cesspool LinkedIn has become in recent years, you can find our last post featuring The State of LinkedIn right here!
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Time to time we highlight good things on LinkedIn, this is one of them times
Did BP really censor the name of the store? I shouldn't be surprised, but somehow that still tickles me. 😂
To gain some insight into the wild world of LinkedIn, we reached out to the creator of The State of LinkedIn on Twitter. They told us that this successful account originally started as a spin off to Didn’t Happen of the Year Awards, which we’ve also covered on Bored Panda before. “We got so many LinkedIn based submissions, then over the years it’s gained traction from there!” It certainly has. Since this account was launched in March 2017, it has amassed over 240k followers, and with the unlimited content LinkedIn has to provide, it’s likely to only keep growing.
But oddly enough, the person behind The State of LinkedIn told us that they don’t really use the site. “I have a profile, but I would say I open the app maybe once or twice a month. Considering the stuff that gets posted, it's probably for the best that I don't use it,” they added with a smile.
Considering the fact that LinkedIn is a treasure trove of cringey content, we were curious if the page’s creator has any favorite posts that they’ve ever shared from the “professional” site. “I find the posts that involve stuff their kids have said to be the best,” they shared. “The fact that people believe that a young child is interested in world politics or what goes on on Wall Street amazes me.”
And when it comes to why people post such outlandish things online, they hypothesize that it’s all a tactic to gain a larger following. “I think people started making their posts extravagant for the likes and comments, essentially more comments and likes pushes it to the algorithm,” they explained. “That way, their profile gets pushed out to a wider audience.”
Hmm . . . well, the kid would be ahead of his time. I'd say we've still got a few decades before trees are fictional. So I'll give him that one. 😉
The creator of The State of LinkedIn also has a message to everyone sharing ridiculous posts on LinkedIn: “Please carry on! It’s making a lot of people who like the page happy!” they shared with a smile. If you want to check out even more of these posts after finishing this article, be sure to give The State of LinkedIn a follow right here. And if you’d like to find even more outlandish tales people post online, you can see their other account, Didn’t Happen of the Year Awards right here!
Just eat have created a new thing called “lunch hour”
Not sure how good this is
And is wearing their a*s right between their shoulders.
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Not only have I turned up to work with a better car than my boss, I have also turned up with better qualifications, more intelligence, more experience, a more family orientated work ethic and, on occasion, higher pay. Rand is full of his own importance, and also s**t. I bet Rand is a man who has no female employees because Rand doesn't wear tampons.
IS THIS FOR REAL?! It has to be American, unpaid intern, instant sacking for insane reason, boss with small man syndrome....unbelievable!
Yes. If I happen to have a nicer car than my new boss, I am most certainly still going to be showing up with it. First, because I would have no way of knowing what kind of car my new boss drives before I’ve even started working there. But, mostly because the idea that I might then go trade my car in for something crappier is insane. As, apparently, are you.
I really like my car, but I'd say for most people where I work it's average. My immediate boss has a nice car, her bloke works from home so they can share and he earns well and wants a nice car for when he does drive. Her boss has the same type as me. A few people have the type of cars you can tell they absolutely love and are dream cars. The head drives an absolute shed of a scap heap. Then again he has no interest in cars but loves his 2 massive dogs which have wrecked the interior.
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I have a much nicer car than my boss. He has a wife and a bunch of kids at home. I have.... me, and I love cars. I'm glad my boss is not as stupid and toxic as this clown.
Internships should be illegal. Most of 'em have no intentions to hire the interns; they just want to work 'em for awhile, then replace 'em, again, and again, and again...
Would you show up with a nice car than your boss? Well I don't know, if my boss drives a POS then maybe my car would be nicer. Don't know why it would matter though.
So you fired an unpaid intern for wearing AirPods? Something that they presumably paid for? Is it because you still use your old headphones from the 80's? The ones with the metal band that easily bend out of shape? The foam ear covers all ripped to shreds but somehow still hanging on?
You lost me at Monday morning water cooler huddle. Do they still exist?
why don't people just call them earphones. that's what they are. why is it with apple products, people feel a need to say the brand name, not just what the basic object actually is.
I would have replied with a: why do YOU feel entitled to dictate what I wear while doing the work I'm not paid to do?
I wonder if Rand's last name is Paul? Because I can absolutely believe this is a true story from Sen Rand Paul's office. 🙄
And then there was the one where he wouldn't allow her to wear 'air pods'. She complied and then didn't do a scrap of work. When asked why, she replied 'wtf do you expect if I'm not allowed to wear my hearing aids?'
So he expects every employee to check that don't have a better version of something he has?
Imagine comparing wearing AirPods to having a nicer car than your boss. Unless...did Irwin have a better car than this self-entitled shïtstain?
I think I faced a similar problem. I had no car, and I went to the dealership, and told them I they wouldn't want to fiance me for a new car, but yet they set me up with a new car, when all the used car dealerships turned me down. (A car was required for my job) My boss was raving in our meeting how I showed up to work in a new car. Got let go on the last day of the probationary period, with no reason given. Still have the car and a much better job.
He "hired" unpaid interns. Then "fired" one. Wow. That's just ... super duper...
Well , yes, I would drive a nicer car then my boss if that's what I bought before the job , you complete biscuit.
I have one car. If it’s nicer than my boss’ he’s doing something wrong, not me. And firing someone for having something you don’t, but isn’t against written regulations? Are you a narcissist?
Imagine having the audacity to live in a house when your coworker lives in an apartment. People like that must be devil-sent! 😒
Wow what a petty bully of a boss. I would report him but refuse to return because who wants to work for someone like that.
To learn more about LinkedIn itself, we reached out to an expert, Salina Yeung. Salina used to work for LinkedIn, but she now teaches professionals how to utilize the site to its full potential through her company, TheInAcademy. First, we wanted to know how Salina feels about LinkedIn. “I'm absolutely obsessed with LinkedIn, but I could be biased because I used to work for the platform,” she told Bored Panda. “I enjoyed using it because I got 90% of our business from LinkedIn, all organically. My clients have the same results.”
Salina also believes that we could all be utilizing the professional networking site. “LinkedIn is truly for everybody,” she told Bored Panda. “Less than 5% of LinkedIn members are sharing content on a weekly basis (yup, 95% are lurkers), which means an opportunity for you to dominate the news feed with your marketing message to reach business decision makers.” This also tells us that we can’t judge the whole site on the posts of a small percentage of people. Perhaps the state of LinkedIn isn’t so bad after all!
The signs on the windows are more telling than this little tale.
You’ve just ruined 5 perfectly good tennis balls
Salina also noted that she rarely ever sees cringey or untrue posts on LinkedIn, perhaps because she’s an expert on the platform and has curated her feed to show her what she’s actually interested in, but she understands that they can appear. Apparently, LinkedIn is the most trusted social network though, according to Business Insider. But if you’re unsure of where to even start when it comes to using LinkedIn, today is your lucky day. Salina was willing to share a few of her dos and don’ts for LinkedIn with us, so these may help you view the page as a useful tool rather than a necessary evil full of outlandish posts.
I don't get this. I'm a cabbie. Even during the worst of the pandemic i still had 15-20 rides a day. No more airports, barbers or bars but still groceries, doctors, train stations or road assistance calls.
So muggers know which car to hide behind so they can hit you over the head and steal that Rolex.
If you want to get the most out of using LinkedIn, first, Salina notes that it’s important to optimize your profile from A-Z. You should also be focusing on your ideal customers, or your intended target audience. What do they want to see? And how can you wow them? You should also be strategic with your social interactions. Seek out people who can be valuable resources for you. “Understand that a number of likes does not determine your success,” Salina added. And engage with your fellow entrepreneurs within your niche.
Even as a youth I didn't get to have "the sleep of youth". What is this dude huffing?
When it comes to Salina’s “don’ts” for using LinkedIn, she warns users not to use a boring headline with nothing but a simple job title. “Use ‘third person’ point of view to write your summary,” she added. It’s also not ideal to have hasty work experiences without detailed job descriptions and multimedia. Your profile should also have skills endorsements, recommendations and a customized URL. “Think of your LinkedIn profile as your digital handshake, where your potential employer, client or business partner is going to get a read of who you are,” Salina says.
If you’re sick of trying to navigate LinkedIn all by yourself, you can join Salina’s LinkedIn Signature Programs on TheInAcademy’s website right here!
Last time I checked, Cash machines only give out notes
I don't know what country you guys are in, but where I'm from they dispense coins too
Casualty keeping a spare copy of his book for times like this
Why would you give a copy of your book to the one person who demonstrably already had the book?
Regardless of what you do for a living, LinkedIn can be an invaluable resource. But if you go on the site to scroll through posts by LinkedIn-fluencers and various professionals trying to flaunt their wealth, you might leave with a bad taste in your mouth. Keep upvoting the photos you find particularly cringey, and feel free to let us know your thoughts on LinkedIn in the comments below. Are you an avid user of the site, or do you avoid it at all costs? Then if you’d like to check out Bored Panda’s last article on The State of LinkedIn, you can find that right here!
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My mom disabled her Linkedin 7 years ago. She still gets job offers from the damned thing. She has terminal cancer, go away. 😬😬😬😬
... because of this, I don't have LinkedIn. I was forced to have Xing some years back, and filled it with rubbish and stupidity - me wearing a dress, lacking boobs obviously, a speech my cat gave and I transcribed, and similar bollocky stuff. If you hire people by something like LinkedIn or Xing, it's a you-problem ... a.... HAHAHAHAHA, Youproblem, sure, that word exists, hahahahaha. Fück all that shid!
Gave up on LinkedIn after I was contacted for a job, setup an interview, then they were at least 20 minutes late (yes, I should have just left) & never contacted me after the interview. THEY contacted ME! Could at least have had the courtesy to tell me they chose another candidate.
Job centre made me join LinkedIn to prove I was serious about job hunting about 6 years ago. I knew this made no sense over my plan to spend about 6 months as agency supply in order to find where I wanted to work, then get a job there. I deleted the app as soon as I got a job, but I can't stop the messages. I never even opened the thing.
My mom disabled her Linkedin 7 years ago. She still gets job offers from the damned thing. She has terminal cancer, go away. 😬😬😬😬
... because of this, I don't have LinkedIn. I was forced to have Xing some years back, and filled it with rubbish and stupidity - me wearing a dress, lacking boobs obviously, a speech my cat gave and I transcribed, and similar bollocky stuff. If you hire people by something like LinkedIn or Xing, it's a you-problem ... a.... HAHAHAHAHA, Youproblem, sure, that word exists, hahahahaha. Fück all that shid!
Gave up on LinkedIn after I was contacted for a job, setup an interview, then they were at least 20 minutes late (yes, I should have just left) & never contacted me after the interview. THEY contacted ME! Could at least have had the courtesy to tell me they chose another candidate.
Job centre made me join LinkedIn to prove I was serious about job hunting about 6 years ago. I knew this made no sense over my plan to spend about 6 months as agency supply in order to find where I wanted to work, then get a job there. I deleted the app as soon as I got a job, but I can't stop the messages. I never even opened the thing.
