Biggest online corporate circle jerk there is.
LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
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Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#72Has 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…
> Has anyone else noticed that LinkedIn is turning into a shitty social media platform?
This has been the case for years, IMO. I noticed a rampant increase in it through the 2016 election and everything that followed.
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#73Has 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…
> Recruiters contacting me with “perfect fit” position in languages not on my profile.
You're certainly entitled to your opinion, but not everybody is bothered by that. Most languages popular nowadays (C#, Javascript/Typescript, Java, C++, etc.) are popular partly because most devs can jump between them pretty easily.
Definitely not defending Linkedin, though. A coworker of mine writes posts about his stance on abortion. I don't know what Linkedin's policy is about it, but it's super awkward, and I just stay far away.
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#74Has 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…
Well most people see LinkedIn as a central place to store resumes. Being everyone’s free storage unit does not generally make money. So they have to turn the resume storage part into a loss leader and turn a profit some other way. Being a place to list job postings is the most obvious but they have competition already. Throwing on ads will make money but LinkedIn isn’t a site most people stick around on. Turning Link…
>Well most people see LinkedIn as a central place to store resumes.
Or as a self-updating Rolodex of which there were quite a few at one point. Obviously it can serve other purposes as well but that's all I've ever used it for.
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#75Has 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…
I abandoned LinkedIn years ago because of the incessant bottom-feeder recruiter spam it got me. I've only grown happier with that decision over time.
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#76What is the next best platform to move to?
Indeed?
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#77Has 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…
People are now posting about politics there. That's the death knell imo.
Tell me one area that has not gotten more political or partisan in recent years.
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#78I'm surprised it took this long for LinkedIn to do layoffs. The amount of recruiters looking for candidates, tech companies hiring, etc. has gone down since the beginning of the year. As such, the income from LinkedIn that is tied to job postings has decreased. In order to continue looking good on paper they have decided then to layoff employees to cut costs.
The same thing has happened at other companies that make money from job postings.
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#79Has 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'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…
Further to that, my feed have been filled with Certification posts. Folks would boast about their 3 hour Certification courses with long cringe posts! And LinkedIn would not stop it, because they need to sell LinkedIn Learning!
Re: LinkedIn is laying off nearly 700 employees
#80I just paid for a "Premium Career" account and it was $250 for one year or $39.99/month. I've gotten my $250 back from consulting leads through LinkedIn, but it stills seems high for the value to the average person.