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LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by irrational »

nilespotter wrote: post #49
tombert wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's extremely frustrating, because in 2023 you're sort of expected to have a linkedin (some job applications even require it!), but people have started treating it like the next FaceBook. From 2020-2022 I saw a lot of COVID conspiracy theories and political memes being posted, and I wanted to respond to them, but since LinkedIn is basically a resume, I withheld responding, for the same reason that I don't put my vot…

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Hindsight is 20/20. Looking back we see... that none of them were true.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by asynchronous »

coldcode wrote: post #24

I really admire the creative bullshit these execs come up with, AI can't compete: "This means adapting our organizational structures to improve agility and accountability, establishing unambiguous ownership and driving improved efficiency and transparency through reduced layering".

Can’t imagine being an exec and getting paid to “write” this dribble

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by shafyy »

Fucking hate LinkedIn and didn't have a profile for many years. Recently started a new company, and if you want to be taken "seriously" by investors and business customers, you need to have a LinkedIn profile.

There's no alternative anymore. I really hope something new comes along soon.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by DaiPlusPlus »

pydry wrote: post #38
mrbonner wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah mine news feed has turned into a condescending stream of thoughts buried under the empathy offering agendas.

Or this: https://d2u3dcdbebyaiu.cloudfront.net/uploads/atch_img/442/f...

Is there a name for the specific kind of moderate-level of mental anguish I felt when reading that?

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by kingTug »

francisofascii wrote: post #21

Ouch. And to think these people will have to to use their former product to get a new job. The only time you really need LinkedIn.

Having a LinkedIn account still seems necessary to be taken seriously, but in my experience using LinkedIn to network and job search seems less useful than ever.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by criddell »

cj wrote: post #30
moneywoes wrote: post #10

Is there some reason all of these layoffs are happening today?

Microsoft (who owns LinkedIn) reports quarterly earnings in ~1 week. For public companies, timing it around an earnings call can help control the narrative since the company will have a chance to explain to investors why the action wwill increase shareholder value.

When I read these stories, all I really hear is that these companies have lost all ability to innovate and invent. They've spent a fortune on these people, carefully choosing and then tuning them to be experts in the business and now they can't think of anything for them to do? They should be embarrassed.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by DaiPlusPlus »

graypegg wrote: post #45
codeTired wrote: post #6

Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform? Memes and videos are now being posted. I used to get decent use from it but stopped updating my profile because the site is cancer. Full of self patting on the back and people adding me to “grow their network”. Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile. Can someone please develop hacker news…

It really is this group of maybe max 10000 people all boasting to each other, interspersed with “I got laid off, available to hire!”. It’s a pretty depressing place. I wonder what the strategic plan Microsoft had in mind originally was? Was it really as simple as “we are all about business, that is the business network”?

> I wonder what the strategic plan Microsoft had in mind originally was? Was it really as simple as “we are all about business, that is the business network”?

I thought that’s what they bought Yammer for - but then they also bought LinkedIn.

Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees

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Post by gopher2000 »

coldcode wrote: post #24

I really admire the creative bullshit these execs come up with, AI can't compete: "This means adapting our organizational structures to improve agility and accountability, establishing unambiguous ownership and driving improved efficiency and transparency through reduced layering".

That doesn't even read that bad IMO. They are recognizing that they're organizationally bloated today and are laying people off to be more cost-effective. Pretty straight forward.
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