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LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Re: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Post by Nextgrid »

hn_throwaway_99 wrote: post #35
Nextgrid wrote: post #16

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I'm baffled by that number given how bad the product is. It has a lot of potential, but is completely ruined by the social media aspect and their attempt at making it yet another cesspool like Twitter or Instagram, all the way down to the algorithmic feed, likes and reactions. They should step away from the nonsense and make the tool (because yes it should be seen as a tool and not a lifestyle) easier to use, not har…

The feed is really quite awful. All social media is somewhat performative by nature, but LinkedIn's feed takes it to another level. It's not just performing for peers, but also performing for current and potential future employers. Never have so many words been written that mean so little.

From my experience you can opt-out of the bullshit with no ill effects, at least in the software industry. My activity is completely empty, no posts, no likes, etc and that doesn't seem to hurt me. I mostly use the tool as a rolodex to keep in touch with professional connections and be reachable by recruiters.

The problem of course is that the platform doesn't seem to understand that and desperately tries to encourage me to participate which seems pathetic at this point. They have 2 years worth of analytics that essentially show them a big middle finger, why keep trying?

Re: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Post by dustinmoris »

downvoteme1 wrote: post #31
LaundroMat wrote: post #4

960 is 6% of the global LinkedIn workforce. I am baffled by how many people work for LinkedIn.

A lot of them are sales people. LinkedIn as a people business needs a lot of sales reps and account managers to be in contact with Recruiters and other people involved with selling . 16K people spanning the whole globe is not bad .

It is not just big, it is mega big. WhatsApp had world dominance and their product had to deliver instant messages, including photos, videos and other features over crappy internet connections and they managed to build, manage and sustain an amazing consumer product with a handful of people, so 16k for an online job board is laughable and embarrassing. It's just a website after all.

Re: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Post by opportune »

Nextgrid wrote: post #16
LaundroMat wrote: post #4

960 is 6% of the global LinkedIn workforce. I am baffled by how many people work for LinkedIn.

I'm baffled by that number given how bad the product is. It has a lot of potential, but is completely ruined by the social media aspect and their attempt at making it yet another cesspool like Twitter or Instagram, all the way down to the algorithmic feed, likes and reactions. They should step away from the nonsense and make the tool (because yes it should be seen as a tool and not a lifestyle) easier to use, not har…

LinkedIn the product is an expensive tool for recruiters, and the pool of people on LinkedIn they can pull from. The feed is just fluff. In that regard, before the pandemic, LinkedIn was a big success.

Re: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Post by saas_sam »

wastedhours wrote: post #27
ponker wrote: post #9

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Almost all enterprise software companies have more people in sales than engineering. Microsoft is one big exception but LinkedIn must have more sales than eng.

And they prefer you to be managed by a salesperson over letting you be self-serve as they tie you into a guaranteed spend with them. I spent years trying to untangle us from their managed services, but couldn't as they batched all discounts company wide. I've never worked anywhere where departments shared budgets (even in a 3 person startup, my marketing "budget" was kept separate to other elements, alas the CEO had…

Literally everything your company pays for is out of individual departmental budgets? You can't do internal chargebacks, shared services, or move budget around if needed? I've never worked anywhere w/ the kinda crystal ball required to make rigid dept budgets work year-round, personally.

Re: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Post by saas_sam »

blocked_again wrote: post #32
blackflame7000 wrote: post #12

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It’s a business not a charity

Please link this comment in your careers page, under company culture, if you ever start a company.

Businesses earn money by providing goods & services better than alternatives. Charities earn money by begging. I'd rather work for a business.

Re: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Post by claydavisss »

blocked_again wrote: post #5

Doesn't LinkedIn(Microsoft) has a shit ton of money in reserves? Is cutting down these jobs in the midst of a pandemic really essential for the company's survival? Especially when the economies has started recovering in many parts of the world.

Not sure how Msft operates internally, but often, divisions are responsible for their own P & L...so XBox making a ton of money may not help LinkedIn

Re: LinkedIn to cut 960 jobs worldwide

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Post by sct202 »

12xo wrote: post #37

What the heck do close to 10k people do at LinkedIn? Serious question. Why does this site/company require 10k people?

I know that one of my friends got a swag box (card, candle, and a metal water bottle) from LinkedIn when he got hired at a company that used LinkedIn's recruiting services. I'd imagine there's a lot of other random things they do at low scale to excite their customers.
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