LinkedIn is so incredibly depressing today

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Anonymous wrote:I didn’t realize LinkedIn was still a thing…

I bet you’re one of those LinkedIn people with 1 connection and no picture. And 1 old generic job title with no description.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm a Fed looking for a new job on LinkedIn. I've found some good leads by putting Canada in the location criteria.

That's awesome.

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Anonymous wrote:Just post after post with the “open to work” logo from people who are highly qualified for jobs that don’t exist anymore. All these people with fancy PhDs and highly specialized experience that I can’t imagine would be useful outside the federal government. I really hope that the private sector cuts them some slack.

That you can't see the irony in what you wrote here is astounding.

NP and I don't see the irony. The beauty of government jobs is that the mission can be helping people. It doesn't have to be profit. There are hundreds of thousands of professionals who have built specialized careers around helping people, and now their entire field is gone. I see no irony in that.

Dp. Your response makes me slide towards agreeing with the orange’s goal (still not the process).

A government’s job should be to support our society so it can become a better functioning society, eventually resulting in a better economic position. Not just ‘helping people.’ Helping people to what end that will benefit society as a whole?

That’s what the mission should be.

Sure, who cares about food safety, curing cancer, feeding hungry kids, air traffic safety, consumer protection, hurricane detection, stopping the spread of bird flu, and all that kind of useless stuff. If the private sector ain't interested, it must be no good. Food companies can regulate themselves and bird flu - well, if we don't monitor it, it's not really happening, amirite?

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The services provided by a (reasonably) well functioning government are what keep society safe and civil.

Without these services you end up with a country like so many of the MAGAts fear and hate - companies selling unsafe products, mobs retaliating against these companies, huge stratifications among the wealthy, who live in gated, armed communities, and the poor masses.

I can only guess that people who don’t realize government services are necessary to be a “developed” nation haven’t traveled much and/or lack any curiosity or perspective.

I always wondered about this: what nations are Republicans seeking to model?

They want us to be like Argentina

Does this mean we’re going to end up with “Melanita” the musical in 30 years? Or “Ivankita”?

I think Ivanka is already a diminutive. How about Elonchik?

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I know, it’s so depressing. I have to be on LinkedIn for work, and I just had to take a break today. It’s so sad.

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Anonymous wrote:Just post after post with the “open to work” logo from people who are highly qualified for jobs that don’t exist anymore. All these people with fancy PhDs and highly specialized experience that I can’t imagine would be useful outside the federal government. I really hope that the private sector cuts them some slack.

That you can't see the irony in what you wrote here is astounding.

NP and I don't see the irony. The beauty of government jobs is that the mission can be helping people. It doesn't have to be profit. There are hundreds of thousands of professionals who have built specialized careers around helping people, and now their entire field is gone. I see no irony in that.

Dp. Your response makes me slide towards agreeing with the orange’s goal (still not the process).

A government’s job should be to support our society so it can become a better functioning society, eventually resulting in a better economic position. Not just ‘helping people.’ Helping people to what end that will benefit society as a whole?

That’s what the mission should be.

Sure, who cares about food safety, curing cancer, feeding hungry kids, air traffic safety, consumer protection, hurricane detection, stopping the spread of bird flu, and all that kind of useless stuff. If the private sector ain't interested, it must be no good. Food companies can regulate themselves and bird flu - well, if we don't monitor it, it's not really happening, amirite?

Yes, you’re right. You’re absolutely right! All these things CAN and SHOULD be privatized.

You right-wingers never want to learn (or maybe ADMIT) that there are many things that CANNOT be effectively privatized. Private industry thinks only of profit. They cut corners to save money and enhance profit. The model will not work for things like ALL medical research or food safety of air traffic safety etc. YOU DO NOT WANT CORNER CUTTING WITH THESE THINGS OR PEOPLE DIE or get sick or are abused by the system.

Prioritization of profit over people is not desirable or optimal for many of the things the government does. That is why, after all of our human history and innovation, we turned to governments to do it.

MAGA have no appreciation for history or reason. You have short memories and no souls, frankly.

I’m not a MAGA, I’m a die hard Democrat.

Sure. Sure you are.

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Anonymous wrote:Just post after post with the “open to work” logo from people who are highly qualified for jobs that don’t exist anymore. All these people with fancy PhDs and highly specialized experience that I can’t imagine would be useful outside the federal government. I really hope that the private sector cuts them some slack.

That you can't see the irony in what you wrote here is astounding.

NP and I don't see the irony. The beauty of government jobs is that the mission can be helping people. It doesn't have to be profit. There are hundreds of thousands of professionals who have built specialized careers around helping people, and now their entire field is gone. I see no irony in that.

Dp. Your response makes me slide towards agreeing with the orange’s goal (still not the process).

A government’s job should be to support our society so it can become a better functioning society, eventually resulting in a better economic position. Not just ‘helping people.’ Helping people to what end that will benefit society as a whole?

That’s what the mission should be.

Sure, who cares about food safety, curing cancer, feeding hungry kids, air traffic safety, consumer protection, hurricane detection, stopping the spread of bird flu, and all that kind of useless stuff. If the private sector ain't interested, it must be no good. Food companies can regulate themselves and bird flu - well, if we don't monitor it, it's not really happening, amirite?

Yes, you’re right. You’re absolutely right! All these things CAN and SHOULD be privatized.

News flash, the counties that don't do these things don't have them. There is no private market for them. Some people call those sh*thole counties.

I will never understand how people want to live in a first world country but don't think they have to pay for it. Or now, don't think that it takes an enormous effort by tens of thousands of educated and trained people to run it.

There are public interests and private interests. Safety, for example, is a public interest. The private sector will not invest in, markets will not price in, and individuals will not pay for, public interests.

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Anonymous wrote:Just post after post with the “open to work” logo from people who are highly qualified for jobs that don’t exist anymore. All these people with fancy PhDs and highly specialized experience that I can’t imagine would be useful outside the federal government. I really hope that the private sector cuts them some slack.

That you can't see the irony in what you wrote here is astounding.

NP and I don't see the irony. The beauty of government jobs is that the mission can be helping people. It doesn't have to be profit. There are hundreds of thousands of professionals who have built specialized careers around helping people, and now their entire field is gone. I see no irony in that.

Dp. Your response makes me slide towards agreeing with the orange’s goal (still not the process).

A government’s job should be to support our society so it can become a better functioning society, eventually resulting in a better economic position. Not just ‘helping people.’ Helping people to what end that will benefit society as a whole?

That’s what the mission should be.

Sure, who cares about food safety, curing cancer, feeding hungry kids, air traffic safety, consumer protection, hurricane detection, stopping the spread of bird flu, and all that kind of useless stuff. If the private sector ain't interested, it must be no good. Food companies can regulate themselves and bird flu - well, if we don't monitor it, it's not really happening, amirite?

Yes, you’re right. You’re absolutely right! All these things CAN and SHOULD be privatized.

News flash, the counties that don't do these things don't have them. There is no private market for them. Some people call those sh*thole counties.

I will never understand how people want to live in a first world country but don't think they have to pay for it. Or now, don't think that it takes an enormous effort by tens of thousands of educated and trained people to run it.

There are public interests and private interests. Safety, for example, is a public interest. The private sector will not invest in, markets will not price in, and individuals will not pay for, public interests.

Not to mention that we the people would still have to pay for those services if they were privatized. We’d probably pay more.

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It's really outdated, similar to Facebook, not many younger people use it anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Just post after post with the “open to work” logo from people who are highly qualified for jobs that don’t exist anymore. All these people with fancy PhDs and highly specialized experience that I can’t imagine would be useful outside the federal government. I really hope that the private sector cuts them some slack.

That you can't see the irony in what you wrote here is astounding.

NP and I don't see the irony. The beauty of government jobs is that the mission can be helping people. It doesn't have to be profit. There are hundreds of thousands of professionals who have built specialized careers around helping people, and now their entire field is gone. I see no irony in that.

Dp. Your response makes me slide towards agreeing with the orange’s goal (still not the process).

A government’s job should be to support our society so it can become a better functioning society, eventually resulting in a better economic position. Not just ‘helping people.’ Helping people to what end that will benefit society as a whole?

That’s what the mission should be.

Sure, who cares about food safety, curing cancer, feeding hungry kids, air traffic safety, consumer protection, hurricane detection, stopping the spread of bird flu, and all that kind of useless stuff. If the private sector ain't interested, it must be no good. Food companies can regulate themselves and bird flu - well, if we don't monitor it, it's not really happening, amirite?

Yes, you’re right. You’re absolutely right! All these things CAN and SHOULD be privatized.

News flash, the counties that don't do these things don't have them. There is no private market for them. Some people call those sh*thole counties.

I will never understand how people want to live in a first world country but don't think they have to pay for it. Or now, don't think that it takes an enormous effort by tens of thousands of educated and trained people to run it.

There are public interests and private interests. Safety, for example, is a public interest. The private sector will not invest in, markets will not price in, and individuals will not pay for, public interests.

Yep spent a lot of time in many of those countries. People pay exorbitant prices for basic things like sanitation or water or security and there is rampant corruption and poor service, crap roads and brain drain. The people who say that “things should be privatized!” are in one of two camps: (1) they have a personal interest for them or their buddies (so billionaires and that’s it; if you are reading this, you are NOT in the in group) or (2) they have very little or no experience with life outside of this country where their beloved “free market” or libertarian principles are in full effect.

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I just had an employee quit on me today! He has no idea the heartache he’s in for. We’re in a dying industry too.

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Anonymous wrote:I just had an employee quit on me today! He has no idea the heartache he’s in for. We’re in a dying industry too.

What did you to do him?

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Anonymous wrote:It's really outdated, similar to Facebook, not many younger people use it anymore.

Not even slightly true.

My kids all use it. My DD just got a job when a recruiter reached out to her via linkedin.

It's part of a strategy, but it's still important. Everyone puts a link to their linkedin profile on their resume.

I found my job through linkedin. Unfortutely, it's going to be lost due to you know who, but it's a great job.

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Anonymous wrote:It's really outdated, similar to Facebook, not many younger people use it anymore.

Not even slightly true.

My kids all use it. My DD just got a job when a recruiter reached out to her via linkedin.

It's part of a strategy, but it's still important. Everyone puts a link to their linkedin profile on their resume.

I found my job through linkedin. Unfortutely, it's going to be lost due to you know who, but it's a great job.

+1

Yes, related to some college kids who used it very actively to find a summer internship. It's replaced what I did in college which was mail my cover letter and resume to employer to see if there were openings

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Anonymous wrote:It's really outdated, similar to Facebook, not many younger people use it anymore.

Not even slightly true.

My kids all use it. My DD just got a job when a recruiter reached out to her via linkedin.

It's part of a strategy, but it's still important. Everyone puts a link to their linkedin profile on their resume.

I found my job through linkedin. Unfortutely, it's going to be lost due to you know who, but it's a great job.

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Yes, related to some college kids who used it very actively to find a summer internship. It's replaced what I did in college which was mail my cover letter and resume to employer to see if there were openings

+1. My kid uses it for entertainment-- to see where her HS classmates are doing internships, etc. Making fun of people who post too much. Etc. I think for her it's the new instagram.. or snap... or whatever...

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Anonymous wrote:Just post after post with the “open to work” logo from people who are highly qualified for jobs that don’t exist anymore. All these people with fancy PhDs and highly specialized experience that I can’t imagine would be useful outside the federal government. I really hope that the private sector cuts them some slack.

Yeah, LinkedIn, where people generally post career achievements and humble brags, is not a pleasant place to browse when unemployed. Film at 11.