You are an utter douche. Anyone know why people do this? Narcissim? Missing your old workplace? TC: 240k Edit. Poll added
It increases visibility and sometimes helps you when hunting for job. , most of the recruiters search for popular firms so if you have the company name somewhere in your bio, your profile appears in search results.
These people are backwards looking
Why are you so judgy? Like what does it matter to you what people do with their header on their own profile? LinkedIn Karen
Lol yeah! This is such a Karen post!
Exactly the stupidest things seem to puss people off
Recruiter keyword search
More like flexing
Ex google ex Facebook tech lead
judgy old envious brat
Eh nothing wrong with that. You seem more like a douche
if you put your ex company on your resume you are an utter douche. Anyone know why people put past experience in their resume? Narcissism? Missing your old workplace? Lol, I only put what I can do now and in the future on my resume.
I would put ex-company on my resume but not as my LinkedIn header (which is what OP is referring to).
Exactly. The reasons to put ex company on resume is exactly the same as the reason to ex company on linkedin header. It is compressing your resume into your header, however much you can fit.
Mostly to make it easy for recruiters to see career history on the search results page.
I've used LinkedIn Recruiter. They see your past work experience on search results pages, your "headline" is almost meaningless.