Moved to the US a couple of months before covid, and had a baby right after that. With no friends or family, life is hard af since then. I received some offers, and planning to write a LinkedIn post on my last day at my current company. You know the classic "I'm thrilled to announce ..." type of flex message. I see a lot of people thanking their recruiters, or hiring managers etc but I don't give a single f about any of those people. My wife was my biggest helper during this journey. Is it cringey to thank my wife with a 1-2 sentence? #tech #facebook #google #linkedin
Strong ๐ฎ๐ณ vibes, not like these posts matter at all; thank whoever you want to brother
hahah is it that obvious
Yes. It is that obvious. Don't turn Linkedin into Quora.
This ๐ Who fucking cares about a random LinkedIn message. It is like shouting into a dumpster and expecting people to pay attention to you. Just tell your wife directly which is a gesture that actually holds value and not some crappy LinkedIn post who nobody cares about.
Are you against all thank you messages because everyone can thank directly instead of spending a couple of minutes on stage during their award winning ceremony. The reason for including her in the flex is showing the world (aka friends/colleagues) how great she is. I want everyone to know she did 90% of heavy work, I just executed Also it's not mutually exclusive. I can write a LinkedIn thank you post, AND also thank her directly, go on a nice date, buy a gift etc
Those posts are cringey not matter who you thank, especially if you are not even being genuine. Why bother
I can't understand how thanking your spouse(biggest helper in my case) is not genuine?
i meant if you thank everyone but the one person you actually should thank, then it's not genuine. Thanking your boss , coworkers, colleagues and all those who have done nothing but minding their own careers is pretty cringey
That post is cringey in the first place
Not at all cringey. If she was your biggest support, let the world know. We appreciate outsiders like recruiters or HMs on LinkedIn posts when we get a new job. So why not appreciate someone much closer?
I would never be as high as I am without my wife. Bar none. I think thatโs common. Her career did not advance as fast because she put up with my stress and anxiety and imposter syndrome and therapy. She has to take on more responsibility when I need to study for an interview. She takes on more stuff when I work late at a new job. She gets #1 thanking every promo or new job I get.
I'd never be as high as I am without my highschool friend Jeff with the bong.
Sigh. After I posted I knew someone would make this joke.
Don't post. Do your bit in improving the LinkedIn community. Apart from a few close friends and colleagues of yours, nobody cares.
No less cringey than posting a post like that on LinkedIn in the first place.
Why even put up these kinds of posts on LinkedIn? It's become so much like the worst parts of Facebook. Just live your life, thank the people that actually matter in person, call them, or send them a note. Showboating through bs self- congratulatory posts is just tacky unless your find some kind of weird satisfaction and happiness out of that kind of gloating.
Hell nah. Sheโs your ride or die. Put her out there for the world to see!