May 15th, 2024

DID  I ASK?I’m on multi social media platforms but there’s one I can’t stand and that’s LinkedIn. Have you listened to the people on it lately? Who are they trying to impress? It’s like a bunch of kids in a classroom and they’re trying to fight for the teacher’s attention. “Ooh, listen to me, I know the answer, I’m an expert.” No one’s interested really, and as my best friend and I say regularly, did I ask? 
Everytime I go on Linkedin a little part of my soul dies. I’m not corporate and I have never bought into the mass market world. Everyone on LinkedIn is trying to prove their saleable worth. Hypocritical as it may be, I feel compelled to check into LinkedIn everyday, not for a fear of missing out but just to reinforce my hatred of the corporate world. Chill people, no one on their death bed uttered the words, “I wish I spent more time at the office.” And when you work for someone else you’re easily dispensable. I have been made redundant four times over my working lifetime. Do you think your team leader or boss is really going to love you any more for posting how excited and delighted you are that you’re starting a new job with them? No one cares that you went to a networking event to kill a few hours away from the desk that you actually hate, and munched on stale croissants whilst drinking lukewarm crap coffee all morning instead of actually doing any productive work. Over my working lifetime I have been to hundreds of networking events and see the same faces waffling over the same stories.
My inbox is littered with spam mail from Linkedin “experts”; Business coaches offering to free up your time so you’re more productive. Here’s a hint. Do some actual work instead of posting bullshit posts about how saleable you are.  SEO marketers on LinkedIn offering to boost my google ranking daily. Yawn.Just now I received an inmail “​My core strength is supporting the business leader (you) to lift your head up and create the life you want instead of being a slave to the business.” Newslash Dave… Chin’s already up and I already have. Perhaps if you did your research and read my bio you’d see that instead of wasting your time messaging me.  Here’s another email sent to me “I help my clients achieve this by integrating somatic, emotional, and cognitive approaches into a personalized growth plan” Ooh someone’s used a thesaurus.True marketeers already know their target market. Guess where I am working from and here’s a clue: It requires a bikini.
Another email today… “Do you want marketing help handpicked for you?” Hmmm, let me think. And no I don’t want to schedule a 15-minute call with you.
At the end of the day when you’re an employee you’re easily replaceable no matter how much you brag about your value. If you’re truly good at what you do, and not just bullshit about what you’re capable of, work will find you through word of mouth recommendations.Take all those valuable skills you’ve harnessed in the roles you’ve worked in and step into the self employment world. It’s tough and scary at times but only then, when you realise that there’s no glass ceiling for earnings when you work for yourself, that you can call the shots and decide how you live your life.

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