r/jobs

I worked at LinkedIn for 3 years. Some things you should know.

Easy Apply is a black hole. One job post is like 800 applications. The recruiter filtered by Premium users and stopped reading after about 20

The "Open to Work" banner is bs as well, I heard it in internal meetings multiple times hiring managers saw it as a red flag but LinkedIn never told anyone this.

Most jobs were already filled internally before the post even went live. HR policy just required a public listing. This happened constantly.

Stop applying through LinkedIn. Start talking to people on it. Completely different outcomes. hope this helps!

Hii, I’m F20 and doing my second year BSc in psychological sciences with neurology and statistics as my minors. I know I DONT want to go into clinical (too much work and I doubt I can keep good grades and do the extra curricular), so I was wondering if teaching is a good option. I did volunteer at a daycare for 2 months once and really loved working with the kids. I know there’s one year of masters to do for it. Is there any early year education teacher who can share their experience with me in Christchurch? How’s the job market and workload and pay (if you’re comfortable sharing)?

Left my job of 3 years for a higher paying job. After my first week I was fired for not being a good fit.

I just started working at Sprouts as a produce clerk. I thought the job would mostly be stocking fruits and veggies and keeping things clean, but my first day of training honestly left me really overwhelmed and confused.
During the computer training, I was in an office with 3 computers and had to use one for training. It was like 3 shifts of interactive videos and quizzes etc. But employees kept coming in and talking and it was really noisy, everyone was joking and using the printers and equipment which was super loud . I couldn’t focus at all on the course I was supposed to complete. On top of that, the computers were constantly being used, so the manager kept having to ask people to let me use one, which made things feel even more unorganized.
The produce lead wasn’t very helpful either. She showed me around and talked a lot, but didn’t really explain what I was supposed to do or how to do anything step by step. She told me to follow another employee instead.
That employee was clearly overwhelmed because they were already short staffed and doing everything cutting veggies, washing, stocking, etc. He tried his best to help, but I was still often left alone doing things I wasn’t actually trained on.
At one point, I asked a woman up front where I should turn in my training checklist. She told me to take it to the computer room, but then the manager told me to leave it at the front desk instead. When I tried to do that, the same woman said “nooo,” in a complaining tone but I explained the manager told me to and she said it was fine. So even simple things felt confusing because I was getting different instructions from different people.
Later, the guy I was following gave me a whole bunch of bananas and left me to stack them. I did my best, but after I finished, the produce lead told me I did it wrong because I used non organic bananas instead of organic ones. So I had to take everything down and redo it.
After that, I honestly started feeling discouraged because I feel like I’m messing things up even though I wasn’t really shown how to do it properly in the first place.
Another employee even told me that a lot of people have left because of management and that there’s favoritism and constant short staffing.
I’ve been struggling to find a job for a long time, so I’m honestly sad because it was really hard for me to finally get hired somewhere. I also have 2 other job opportunities I could possibly get closer to my house (like Plato’s Closet or Sky Zone), but I’m not sure what to do.
Should I stick this out for a bit longer or quit after my first week? Is this normal for Sprouts or does this sound like a bad work environment?

Mine was show up for a 9:30am interview. Interviewer hadn't even showed up to work yet.

10am rolls around, Im explaining to the receptionist that I'm leaving, when he comes in. Points at me, and says, sorry I'm late, family emergency, follow me to my office.

We sit down, he picks up my resume, and starts reading it to me, or maybe outloud to himself. If I tried to talk to expand on what he was reading he told me to be quiet.

He finished reading my resume, and told me I looked promising, and they would let me know within a week if I got moved into the next round. Literally did not ask me a single question.

Weirdly they called me 2 days later for another interview, I passed because that whole experience, and turns out I was right. A friend I made later worked for them.

Interviewer was the owner on a power trip. Wanted the best qualified person he could find, that would also let him walk all over them.

I’m starting my job at McDonald’s tomorrow, I don’t really remember the training videos but I hope people will give me grace and teach me. I’m a very upbeat cheerful person, and I hope my coworkers will like me.

I’m pretty nervous, but I want to make a good first impression.

I currently study at college and I cannot pay my bills by myself, my dad has been helping me with it since I’m still under the age of 20 and I can’t find a job. I’ve applied everywhere, retail, cleaning, everything, every single time I got denied, most of the time without even interview. The only income I get is from cheap art commissions but that won’t pay my tuition, and I genuinely don’t know what to do. There are barely any jobs left in art field either because of ai actively growing bigger and successfully replacing artists, art is what I’m studying for at college so now I feel like this is pointless. Has it always been this hard to find a job??

From my experience -

“I’ll send over your resume to the hiring manager and if they like you they’ll reach out”

or

“I have a few more candidates to interview. We’ll circle back to you if we think you’re the right fit”

What are examples you’ve experienced?

Hey there! I’m currently an upcoming sophomore struggling to figure out what to do with my life in undergrad. I was in a pre-occupational therapy program but left because I didn’t enjoy the sciences or anatomy things I found overwhelming. What I do know is that I want to help kids emotionally, mentally, and physically and I have a special passion for working with children who have special needs. With my background, I’d love some advice on career paths or jobs I can pursue after graduation. Just a heads-up: I’m from New York and need a solid salary , at least. Any guidance would mean a lot!

Two years at this job i ate at my desk every single day. Everyone did. Nobody told me to, it was just the vibe, so i just. did it too without really questioning it.

Six weeks ago i stopped. Started going outside for thirty minutes, sometimes a walk, sometimes just sitting on a bench not looking at a screen. Thirty minutes. Which is a legal break that i am entitled to and have always been entitled to.

The way people have reacted you'd think i started leaving for a three hour lunch.

One coworker asked where i disappear to every day with this tone like she was genuinely concerned. My manager hasn't said anything directly but there's a specific look i get when i come back, just a quick glance at the time, nothing said. Someone last week said "must be nice to have time for that" which is an interesting thing to say about thirty minutes outside.

The actual work stuff is fine. My output hasn't gone down, i hit the same deadlines, nothing has suffered. I'm just slightly less miserable at 3pm than i used to be which feels like a good thing.

I don't know when eating at your desk every day became the default expectation but i did it for two years without anyone asking me to becuase everyone else was doing it and i didn't think about it. Now i take the break i'm legally allowed and it's somehow a thing people notice.

Anyway. Go outside at lunch. It's fine. Nothing bad happens.

After my first year of college, set out onto the world to find interships and part time work. Ngl i already knew internships aren't really gonna be very likely since im still a freshman so I applied for what seems to be 10-15 different part time jobs. Man... I got ghosted by nearly all of them lmao... there's like 2-3 companies that sent rejection letters (im thankful for these btw at least the closure gave me the idea that i can actually apply somewhere else) but the others didnt even give out any kind of notices after 2-3 weeks... is this normal? it genuinely hurts like hell and ive gone mental thinking if I should keep applying or wait for those jobs I applied in to respond because they were good jobs that I can serve as like alternate experience from internships... god man what has this world gone to? I dunno if my CV sucks or Im actually just unlikeable haha... i hope it gets better, I dont wanna work at retail anymore, terrible TERRIBLE experience... Im losing my hairs by the minute...

So i spent about six years in hospitality before i finally landed a proper office job last year and the difference in the way people actually talk to each other at work is doing my head in.

In the kitchens and behind the bars ive worked nobody had a filter at all. People would tell you about the most chaotic weekend you have ever heard and they would take the piss out of you to your face. They would shout you down across a service if you were doing something stupid and then still buy you a pint at the end of the shift like none of it had happened. There was no performance to any of it because nobody had the energy.

Now im in a corporate office and i genuinely cant tell who likes me or who hates me or who is just trying to climb past me without me noticing. Everyone is polite and smiles in meetings and says "great point" when they think the point was actually rubbish, then you find out months later that two of those people had been talking shit about you behind your back the whole time.

You also cant just say anything anymore. If i said about ten percent of the things i used to hear shouted across a kitchen pass on a friday night in this office id be in a meeting with HR by lunchtime. Honestly half the people in here have probably never had a proper falling out at work in their lives.

Im not saying hospitality is better because the pay is awful and the hours destroy your social life. But the niceness in this office is starting to feel weirder to me than the head chef calling me an idiot ever did. Anyone else come from a job like that into a corporate role and feel the same way?

Think about how fucked up it is when you’re only in the presence of your loved ones a handful of times per year, while nearly every single day is spent surrounded by miserable people with whom you have zero emotional connection.

Yeah, work isn’t about the human connection. However, life is.

So when I sit at my windowless cubicle, forced to put on a front and pretend like I’m this happy go lucky corporate company man, and everyone around me is putting on the same act, pretending to be passionate about meaningless bullshit, it feels dystopian.

Likewise when I think about how I could drop dead at my desk and not a soul in the building would truly care or mourn. Within a few weeks my position would be replaced. The company wouldn’t even blink.

I mean I only see my parents once or twice a year. I see my friends maybe 4x a year. These are the consequences of moving away from your hometown in pursuit of a “better life”, I get it, but it still sucks.

When I’m not at the office for 40 hours a week, I’m usually in a state of rage, fighting traffic with other depressed, aggressive and/or stressed commuters on the most congested roads of my city.

All for just enough money to get by.

What kind of life is this?

I’m at a point where I don’t even hate the duties of my job. It’s far from a dream career, but I am good at it and I enjoy knowing how to perform in this role.

The environment is what’s crushing my spirit.

I feel the only escape would be remote work. I once had a fully remote position and during that time I was the happiest I’d ever been. I’ve been longing to return to it in some form for the past 4 years. Unfortunately in today’s job market it feels impossible to get back there.

How do you guys cope?

How can I maximize PTO well beyond the standard allowance without being guilted or having my livelihood stripped?

How can I get back to remote work without a specialized degree?

Hey guys,

Needing a bit of advice here.

So basically two months ago, I started my role as a Data Analyst in a healthcare company. I was already working in healthcare previously as an RN (clinical front line for just over 2 years, the rest had been in strategic roles and insurance based roles).

I decided to fully transition and get into Data Analytics (I know saturated etc etc..) in September last year after leaving my previous role as a Product Manager (Insurance).

I took a boot camp course in Data Analytics and taught me all the basics during my career break. I applied to 60 entry level roles, got offered 15 interviews and 6 job offers including where I am now. Considering the job market then (January-March 2026) I feel that I didn’t do too bad.

I am now in my 3rd in my current role and I feel like my skills are not being fully utilised and feel more of an assistant to my line manager. The role I originally applied for was a Junior Data Analyst Assistant, they then changed it to Data Analyst after interview. I accepted because I needed a job then my other offers were a bit of a trek to get to.

My manager does not let me get involved in meetings where my strengths will be a great asset to the company, he doesn’t invite me or start inviting me to meetings that are most relevant to my job but rather relays some of the actions needed and passes on the hard work to me with little to no support at all. We handle very large and complex data sets and we all do them on Excel which frankly I am quite proficient in. Since I started, I created dashboards, analysed data and made recommendations internally to the company and our stakeholders. He acknowledges that my pay is very low (it is, slightly less than minimum wage. Prior to my career transition, my average income over a 6 year period was £52-£67k a year)

It is now becoming more and more apparent that I am being treated as another pair of hands because he has said numerous times that the reason why they recruited for my role was to ease the pressure of him as he was previously the only person doing what I am doing now.

He’s a nice guy but right now it is exhausting and I feel devalued and feel that my skills are better suited elsewhere.

Any advices? Shall I start looking again?

I am UK based and the I keep seeing lots of vacancies for data analysts currently.

I feel so stuck