LinkedIn Put My Corporate Career Through a Paper Shredder
The untold story of what LinkedIn did to my career that I’m not to supposed to share
Social media is promoted as being amazing for your career.
It’s supposed to lubricate your soul. Everybody tells you at work to build a personal brand and share interesting insights with your network. HR and marketing teams even run workshops at most companies to help employees use LinkedIn. Social media is one big happy picnic with cupcakes, sugar, that can cause your career to explode.
Nope.
There’s a dark side to social media.
Freedom of speech doesn’t matter in the corporate world
When I started one job I got told to stop posting on LinkedIn — or any social media platform. The ask took me by surprise. I wouldn’t give up writing even if you put a gun to my head. I live to write, not to work a job.
Social media is where we go to express ourselves. When we express ourselves we feel free. It helps us make sense of the world. It allows us to gain feedback. The corporate giant I worked for didn’t care.
Corporations want you to shut up, not have an opinion, get back to work, and not stand too tall…
