Can’t remember the last time I looked at linkedin. It changed a few years back to something totally indigestible. Full of personal half thought through stories of struggles and weak epiphanies. The sort of stuff that even Tony Robins would cringe at. 

I look it in the same way I imagine non lawyers look at rof

of course, we all remember Charlotte Proudman...

I have stopped using it. It was a useful tool to build a network. 

I look daily (must stop - it’s total shit)

From what I see, it’s a load of people not being themselves and recycling old lines about “what makes a great leader”.

Or it’s “oh here’s a picture of my kid, I bet you will all hate this as this is NOT FAcEboOK”.

Or it’s - “ hey - here’s my video about a day in the life of me as a junior recruiter where I have a coffee to start the day, play with my dog and do no work”

“I’m recruiting” - no you aren’t - you are an incredibly small cog in a large corporate machine and a position needs filling because the last person was mistreated so badly.

Here are the five things great leaders do

Posted by a former law firm. marketing assistant who now is ceo of their company of one. 

“Here are the 38 steps you must follow before 9am in order to have a productive day” 

“Fantastic opportunity to join a great team - £18,000 a year” 

I need to be able to eat, Susan 

I just ignore connection requests from anyone I don’t actually know and delete most messages upon receipt.

“Here’s some trite nonsense about what an event completely unconnected to employment taught me about some nebulous aspect of working life.”

“I’m humbled to have won the Slightly More Effective Than His Peers Who Don’t Give a Shite” Award. I’d like to thank the Senior Partners without whom I would never have amounted to anything more than a skid-mark in the history books of their esteemed firm”

Entry Level position, requires 20 years of experience at a senior level.

"Great to offer up my already badly prolapsed arsehole for another fisting at the hands of auntz Brothers LLP on their asset stripping pre-packaged administration of Shit High Street Store #42 PLC. See you for the next deal so I can keep up payments on the ex-council house in St Ives!"  

"You never get results without hard work!" [video of Indian untouchable manually cleaning out sewer quickly]

No. It is probably the least weird social media platform. There are still weirdos, but the real name / professional ethos disciplines most people to be reasonable. I really like linkedin. I barely look at X these days and I could happily delete my FB account (although see no reason to) and Insta is just dogshit. But I wouldn’t be without LinkedIn

But no one is themselves Laz. What could be more weird than that? 

Have you met ROF?