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by **Chesscub** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:48 am

LinkedIn makes connections that you don't necessarily want.

I just got a LinkedIn request from a former boss that I couldn't stand. The guy was the kind that failed upwards. I swear he had dirt on someone. When I started the job that I worked for him under, there was a tight knit team of about 15 of us. We worked well in spite of him.

When I got a promotion that I wanted badly, I found out of my promotion through the online company phone directory, not through an announcement.

4 years later, only 5 of the original 15 of us were left. Everyone else left because he made people's lives miserable.

To put things into perspective, I would actually accept an invite from the guy that laid me off from my last job.

by **DMM** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:50 am

How was he at eating chicken strips?

by **Benderbrau** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:56 am

LinkedIn is creepy. It once suggested that I link to my brother-in-law. Now there's nothing wrong with that except I have no idea how it made an association between us. I have no other family connections on my account, he has a completely different last name, lives in a different state and works in a totally different field (I'm a software engineer and he's a butcher at a grocery store). Like I said, creepy.

by **Chesscub** » Wed May 02, 2012 10:56 am

DMM wrote:How was he at eating chicken strips?

He had a creepy foot fetish. Was always staring at the feet of women at work.

by **DMM** » Wed May 02, 2012 11:10 am

Chesscub wrote:
He had a creepy foot fetish. Was always staring at the feet of women at work.

LIKE A BOSS

by **GHERU** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:11 pm

Benderbrau wrote:LinkedIn is creepy. It once suggested that I link to my brother-in-law. Now there's nothing wrong with that except I have no idea how it made an association between us. I have no other family connections on my account, he has a completely different last name, lives in a different state and works in a totally different field (I'm a software engineer and he's a butcher at a grocery store). Like I said, creepy.

but you won't use facebook

by **Benderbrau** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:20 pm

GHERU wrote:but you won't use facebook

I don't really use LinkedIn either. Someone sent me a link to it so I registered not really understanding what it was.

by **IvCNuB4** » Wed May 02, 2012 12:42 pm

Bender, could it be that you and your brother-in-law have a Connection, or a Connection-of-a-Connection, in common ? Maybe a friend or prior co-worker you both know that you both are linked to ? LinkedIn also looks at that to recommend Connections.

I've been on it a while and over the last few months have also been getting Connection requests from random Recruiters or horny gay guys I don't know, but mark themselves as a 'Friend' to have LinkedIn send me the invite :evil:

by **Keb** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:10 pm

IvCNuB4 wrote:Bender, could it be that you and your brother-in-law have a Connection, or a Connection-of-a-Connection, in common ? Maybe a friend or prior co-worker you both know that you both are linked to ? LinkedIn also looks at that to recommend Connections.

I've been on it a while and over the last few months have also been getting Connection requests from random Recruiters or horny gay guys I don't know, but mark themselves as a 'Friend' to have LinkedIn send me the invite

So are you getting any job offers (no homo)?

I'm thinking of using it but I don't want previous employers or creepy people looking me up and trying to add me. I get enough weirdos on Facebook adding me like this one Chip Chipperson guy. That man is not normal...

by **Benderbrau** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:12 pm

Keb wrote:So are you getting any job offers (no homo)?

I'm thinking of using it but I don't want previous employers or creepy people looking me up and trying to add me. I get enough weirdos on Facebook adding me like this one Chip Chipperson guy. That man is not normal...

I've never known anyone to get a job offer through LinkedIn.
You can also set it to private so no one can see it except your contacts

by **bkthomson** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:36 pm

I have linkedin but never use it though I do get those random request for people.

One time I got a request for provide comments on this person profile. I did not since it would have been 'I fired you. What are you expecting me to say? '

by **ZombieRed** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:49 pm

I have a LinkedIn account but I don't really use it. It seems to just be another way (like Facebook) for most people to show off how supposedly awesome their lives are, except in the working world.

I'm also thinking of just deleting it because none of the jobs they advertise for me are one's I'm qualified for, and none of my connections are particularly helpful for the occupation I plan on going into (teaching).

by **BlueStreak** » Wed May 02, 2012 1:58 pm

I have a LinkedIn but rarely get on it. One thing that I thought was humorous about it was that it shows who looks at your profile and who's been searching for you. It's interesting to see who's been trying to find you.

by **Chesscub** » Wed May 02, 2012 2:14 pm

bkthomson wrote:I have linkedin but never use it though I do get those random request for people.

One time I got a request for provide comments on this person profile. I did not since it would have been 'I fired you. What are you expecting me to say? '

I should connect with my ex-boss and write "Guy is a douchebag. Fucked things up and blew $1M on a failed data warehouse reengineering project" :lol:

by **Schlemmer** » Wed May 02, 2012 3:42 pm

Benderbrau wrote:LinkedIn is creepy. It once suggested that I link to my brother-in-law. Now there's nothing wrong with that except I have no idea how it made an association between us. I have no other family connections on my account, he has a completely different last name, lives in a different state and works in a totally different field (I'm a software engineer and he's a butcher at a grocery store). Like I said, creepy.