Remote job asks employees to video their work-from-home space for social media, employees bristle at invasion of privacy

Would you send a video of your apartment to your work? Privacy is a huge thing. We all deserve it, and in higher volumes than we’re currently getting. It’s difficult to ask for in the workplace, though, and sometimes you feel like you have to do everything you’re asked to do, even if it’s outside …
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21 Ridiculously Self-Important LinkedIn Posts to Welcome You Back to the Workforce

Nothing prepares the human brain for Monday quite like opening LinkedIn and immediately regretting it. Every workweek begins the same way: coffee in hand, tiny shred of motivation intact, and then suddenly someone on LinkedIn is explaining how waking up at 4 am to cold-plunge before answering emails completely transformed their «leadership mindset.» Within seconds, …
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Company ‘owns’ employee’s LinkedIn for the duration of their job: ‘They have full access to my account including posts, comments, reactions, DMs, and all done by them, for their brand, using my name and my face’

Would you give your job access to your LinkedIn profile? When you’re looking for a job, your LinkedIn profile means a lot. It’s your place to advertise yourself, make connections, and find out about new jobs. What if you had to fork all of that over to your place of work? It’s never a good …
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Job seeker loses out on $92K job offer because an executive thought his LinkedIn Profile Picture looked unprofessional: ‘I’ve had the same photo up there for like 3 years. Got other jobs with it.’

It’s wild that they would tell him that the picture was the reason for his rejection. They could’ve just said, «We decided to go in a different direction.» Maybe they thought they were helping him by telling him his picture cost him the job, but it could be risky if he decided to pursue legal …
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21 LinkedIn Atrocities From Grindset Warriors Forever Making A Sale

Which social network is the worst, and why is it LinkedIn? The very concept of a social media platform that is focused on work is a demonic idea, because it takes the fun out of everything that these places have going for them in the first place.  In practice, it isn’t much better, but at …
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Company flags employees’ LinkedIn profiles, demands they remove all skills, certifications, and endorsements: ‘They are trying to keep people from being recruited’

It can be hard to remember that your social media is public (if it is). You might be comfortable in your bubble of friends and followers, but it’s easy to forget that anyone can look up your name and have so much access to you. Especially when you’re looking for jobs. It’s a known fact …
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LinkedIn warrior faces roasting for instigating yearly performance review during date night with wife: ‘He didn’t dare ask her where she saw herself in 5 years’

Something that not everybody likes to acknowledge is that maintaining the happiness of a romantic relationship takes some effort, especially when you have been together for a long time. While love shouldn’t be a struggle, maintaining a blissful obliviousness to the ways in which your connection is or isn’t evolving is a surefire way to …
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‘Isn’t it obvious?’: Toxic boss mysteriously stalks ex-employee on LinkedIn after abruptly firing them 3 months in

Getting fired from a job can kind of feel like getting broken up with. Someone has told you that they don’t want you around anymore, for whatever reason they’ve come up with. It’s a blow to the ego, it forces you to re-organize your life, and it takes a while to recover from. Especially if it’s out of the blue. You reach out to your friends for support, take some …
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‘This one is 2 days old’: Woman called in to minimum wage job on Mother’s Day 48 hours after giving birth

Mother’s Day was this Sunday, and it allowed all of us to take some time to thank the mamas in our lives. And for good reason. Moms do so much unrecognized labor it would count as a more than full-time job if you were measuring it that way. And all for free. So the least …
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‘LinkedIn will be a dating app by 2027’: Student posts about presenting thesis, wakes up to nearly 600 connection requests

In the twenty-plus years of its lifespan, professional network LinkedIn has been many things to many people. Some use it to make wild boasts and tell ridiculous stories of their achievements that may or may not be an inflation of the truth. An elite minority use it to s***post. Others still use it to make …
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