'Multiple managers viewed my LinkedIn profile': Worker sets LinkedIn status to 'open to work' after HR puts them on a performance improvement plan

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Emmy Pratt • Writer and Editor
Feb 3, 2024 6:00 PM EST

LinkedIn is one social media site you must be careful while using. Casually applying to different jobs is all fun and games until you go from barely using it to being on it every night from 7-10. If you start doing that and you're connected with all of your current employers, good luck, Charlie. The worst thing about LinkedIn is it tattles on you. It shows your connections when you're online if you've viewed their page and your entire working history. That's way too much information for college acquaintances to know about. While that can make you feel paranoid, it also gives you a level of power. If you really want to get fired but don't want to do anything drastic, change your LinkedIn profile to "Open To Work." That's precisely what one employee did after they were put on a PIP (performance improvement plan) after four other employees quit. 

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    r/antiwork u/Jealous-Highway239 19h Boss freaking out over my new open to work status on LinkedIn I've had my open to work turned off for almost a year while I've been at my job. Job put me on a PIP because they don't like the way I do my timesheet and expect more work with no extra pay lol.
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    They've been treating me even before the PIP, so I put open to work on my LinkedIn to mostly them off. Well they noticed. My coworker who's a corporate up told me that my boss was getting calls from HR regarding it and multiple other managers in the company viewed my LinkedIn profile HAHAHAHHA.
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    How sad. They just lost like 4 people at once and have a crazy high turnover rate so now they know they're about to lose me if I don't get fired first. They haven't said to have them to my face yet. I'm just happy bricks right now.
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    Green_Mix_3412 - 19h Hehehe. Start dressing really nice 1-3x a week and taking your lunch outside the office. Reply 44.4K
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    GhostofAugustWest. 18h Take a phone and talk in a hushed voice. 41.2k ↓
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    dsdvbguutres 18h ● "MAY I PLEASE CALL YOU BACK? I'LL BE ON MY BREAK IN 15 MINUTES." ... 4962
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    GhostofAugustWest • 18h "If you're paying and treating me well, you have nothing to worry about" ... Reply 42.5k ↓
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    senadraxx 12h ● Legit said this to a boss when they denied me a raise that I asked for. They countered with less of a raise than I wanted, and later tacked on extra. Standing your ground is often a wise decision. 4 189 +
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    Opinion Longjumping94. 14h At my last job we dressed very casually. If one person had an interview, they would ask for a Tie Day. The entire team or 20 of us would all dress up so mgt never knew who was leaving. Reply 4860
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    TheBoysNotQuiteRight 13h ● That is an absolutely brilliant idea, and a brilliant show of worker solidarity. 4456
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    mikethet 9h Can just imagine them freaking out every time there was a tie day and being furious they couldn't work out who it was. I'd have tie days randomly to keep them on their toes. ... 190
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    jphistory. 17h This is amazing. My job is also hemorrhaging employees and have been for several months but they refuse to address the root of the problem so l guess it will keep going? Keep them off! Solidarity to you, and I hope you get out soon! Reply 4351 ...
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    ChickenDenders • 17h Use ChatGPT to create a fake resume and leave it in the printer "Raccoon farmer with 30 years of experience" Reply ... 639
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    Sufficient-Meet6127 17h ● Are you client-facing? Make sure you're nice to them and make them love you. It'll hurt that much more when the clients ask where are you. I was in the same boat in 2010. My billable hours were worth over 1.3 M to the company and I brought in more business because my support team was billable too. Then they wanted to increase my hours from 60 to 80 per week when I was salary and I didn't make 10% of what I was bringing in. What did it for me was my boss ordered me to gi
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    14h mypoopbcrazy. I'm in the process of leaving, and that's my philosophy. I have a $3M account that I know no one else is willing to provide the level of attention they require. I'm making sure to go above and beyond for them ... 199
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    Sufficient-Meet6127 14h Be chummy with everyone and add them to LinkedIn. Watch the ....... show from afar after you leave. You never know, a competitor might try to steal you to steal the contract. ... 4140 ↓
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    Impossible-Flight250. 16h You're screwed anyway if you have a PIP. Leave the "open to work" up because you need to find a new job. Reply 213
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    BookNut425. 12h I agree with that. I was given a PIP after 31 years as an assistant manager. One of the things it required me to do was have monthly meetings with my staff and produce minutes from those meetings. What they didn't know was that I had already been doing that since 1993- for just over 30 years. So I retired. them. I took all kinds of institutional knowledge with me and they've been scrambling for an entire month trying to figure out how I did what I did! 119
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    MrScroticus • 10h Sometimes a PIP is used as a "you're not as special as you think, get in line" type of deal. An intimidation tactic of an overconfident boss that thinks you won't go anywhere. That, and a reason not to raise pay. 447 ...
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    Yeshes_Online . 17h GenX Autistic Biker Granny Well good. These companies need to understand that we're not just bodies to be directed and that if they aren't willing to take our actual needs into account (something they traditionally try their best NOT to have to do), there are consequences. If you can't take care of your people in the ways that matter to them, you deserve to lose them. Reply 4 114 ...
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    Glittering_Ad8543 - 15h As an HR Manager, when you are placed on a Pip, it's time to go. ... Reply 445
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