'The absolute state of the LinkedIn community': Hypocritical CEO attempts to champion Gen Z by decrying rent prices and £21k salaries, offers similar salaries at his company

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JR Atkinson • Writer and Editor
May 9, 2024 3:00 PM EDT

LinkedIn is a wild, wild place, full of high school classmates becoming junior analysts, CEOs performatively crying about having to fire their employees, and most of all, people doing the best they can to sound... good. We all know social media is fake, and everyone tries to put their best foot forward, but if Instagram is a fib then LinkedIn is a flat-out lie. Everyone on there is trying to look as employable as possible, which means using weird corporate-speak and asking your roommate to "endorse" your proofreading skills to beef up your profile. So as a platform, it runs amok. 

The latest and greatest example of that came from a media company co-founder who tried to get on a soapbox, agreeing how hard it is for Gen Z to get jobs (to win points on LinkedIn). But when a sleuthing Redditor dug into his company's practices, he found some interesting information. Read on for the full story, which unfolds like a Curb episode. 

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    r/antiwork u/Nazkann 21h The absolute state of the LinkedIn community
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    Jordan Schwarzenberger ⚫ 3rd+ Advocating for Gen Z | Manager of The Sidemen ... 6h → I have something to be honest about. My career was made easier because my parents live in London. At 18, I landed my dream internship. + Follow It set me up for the rest of my career, and I dropped out of university to pursue it. It was one of the most exciting moments of my life. But that decision was only possible because I was lucky. Lucky to have parents who I could live with ― for reduced rent. The fact of
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    Experience ARCADE Co-Founder Arcade Media Full-time Apr 2021 - Present 3 yrs 1 mo London, England, United Kingdom MGMT: The Sidemen
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    May 2 ARCADE MEDIA We are hiring... Arcade Media is looking for Social Media Manager to work on Sides. Details: -Strong copywriting skills - acting as the voice of Sides across social media platforms, driving engagement with our audience -Day-to-day social media management including planning, scheduling, posting, and community management. -Monitoring audience insights and conversations to turn in to executable ideas that feed into wider brand marketing - Great understanding of social platforms a
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    < What we can offer: £25-30k salary Mental health budget and allowance Pension scheme Sidemen clothing discounts Lots of fun company events 25 days holiday plus bank holidays Please send your applications to careers@arcade.media
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    Nazkann OP • 21h I was browsing LinkedIn when I came across this brilliant post remarking the difficulties of our generation of which we all can agree and then a bit of research led me to a recent job posting of this bloke where he absolutely does not do what he preaches. Just a £ more for a manager position compared to the entry-level pay offer he was complaining about. Peak virtue signalling. TLDR - LinkedIn Gen Z advocate grills employers for scummy salary offers while he in turn does exactly
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    jhustla ⚫ 20h • It would be a real shame if you decided to ask him how lucky his new hires would feel making 25-30₤ a year
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    wub1234 • 21h I suppose he would (absurdly) claim in his defence that he was stating that the housing market is ridiculous (which is true), not entry-level pay.
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    Nazkann OP • 19h I was able to find an even better post to this situation from a week ago. Absolutely shameful
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    Jordan Schwarzenberger 3ºe+ Advocating for Gen Z | Manager of The... Acessar meu site 1 sem ⚫ Editado ⚫ + Seguir I've just seen a creative entry-level position listed on here - "£22,000 and must be able to work in London". I'm sorry, but this is really not okay. Rent for a room in London in 2024 is now about £900. £22,000, after take home pay, is £1597 per month. That leaves just £697 left over for bills, food - everything. Forget some money to enjoy life with. Whatever employers think, these ki
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    WhateverYouSay1084 • 16h Oh man please ask him about the position you found. He needs challenged.
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    cptnstr8edge • 20h He's upset because he can't find anyone to work for free (or essentially free).
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    CsrfingSafari • 15h These clowns are all over LinkedIn sadly if not filtered out.
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    batdog20001 • 14h Traveling to London seems fair and kinda obvious. The wage seems very not self-aware. It's not the recruiter who sets the wages, but it's definitely not a good look to say you're "advocating for a generation" against specifically what who they work for is doing, Imao.
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    infieldmitt 10h imagine having a dream internship at 18. just those words make my soul shivel up
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    ollerhll 18h . Now I'm all for slating the linkedin community, but 30k is a lot more than 21k. Not sure what this guy is doing wrong? Nazkann OP • 17h Reply 45 A social media manager doesn't strike me as an entry-level position.
    via u/ollerhll, u/Nazkann

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