I haven’t tried to log into my account for a few weeks because LinkedIn is a cesspool. When I logged in just now (with a passkey, btw), it brought me to this page.

I’ve had this account for over a decade and used it to get my current position. I don’t want to use LinkedIn, but it’s pretty much a requirement in my industry.

I’m not sure if I should cave or what. I read the privacy policy for Persona’s ID verification and it states that the data is immediately destroyed after verification, or held for three years.

This shit should be fucking illegal, and yet, in much of the world, it’s being made enforced legislation. Fuck any company and politician that supports, funds, or operates this bullshit.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    48·
    19 hours ago

    Then you must not be looking for a job to pay your bills and feed your family.

    • badgermurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      19 hours ago

      Lots of people have never gotten a job on LinkedIn. Like another poster said, unless you’re a specialist searching for a fortune 500 placement, it is not at all critical to the hiring process.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        21·
        18 hours ago

        Lots of people have never gotten a job on LinkedIn

        Lots of people also have. You shouldn’t have to choose between getting the best job that you’re most qualified for, and forking over your very personal information to a company with a very recent history of leaking it by the millions.

        • badgermurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          42·
          18 hours ago

          True, but to even insinuate that it is a requirement to get gainful employment, which you seem to have done, is false.

          It sucks that Microsoft is turning the platform worse by the month, and that some employers fish in that pond, but it is not by any means the only way to get a great job.

          Some people have the luxury of favorable job prospects, and they can be more discerning about what they put themselves through to get in front of potential employers. That isn’t something they’re doing wrong or deserve admonishment for.

          • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
            23·
            18 hours ago

            It is 100% required to get the best possible job. Most people cannot afford to just ignore one of the most-used employment platforms in existence. It can cost them tens of thousands of dollars a year. Not something you can afford to skip out on in a world where wages have stagnated for the last 20 years.

            • badgermurphy@lemmy.worldEnglish
              2·
              17 hours ago

              I dont think its at all feasible to confirm or deny that claim. I currently have the best job I’ve ever had and I did not use LinkedIn. Could I have gotten a better one if I had used it? Impossible to say.

              Also, anyone that accepts a job from somewhere other than LinkedIn, even if they are also using it, isn’t taking a worse offer; they just got the best one from somewhere else.

              • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
                21·
                15 hours ago

                I currently have the best job I’ve ever had and I did not use LinkedIn

                Does this really require an explanation? There are tons of potential opportunities that you are overlooking if you never even looked at LI. Would they be better? Maybe, maybe not. It’s quite possible though.