Cringe LinkedIn

I remember the day I scrolled past a LinkedIn user praising themselves for “answering 300 emails before breakfast,” complete with a staged photo of their morning coffee. That’s when I discovered cringe LinkedIn in all its bizarre glory. If you’ve ever rolled your eyes at over-the-top hustle culture—some folks boasting how they woke up at 4 a.m. to meditate, pitch clients, and fold laundry—these photos are exactly what you need. From forced gratitude posts to the most self-congratulatory “achievements” you’ve ever seen, these comedic screenshots prove that even “professionals” can’t help oversharing their oh-so-perfect corporate lifestyles.

Within this collection, you’ll find an awkward professional flex on nearly every screenshot, highlighting how ridiculous hustle culture can run rampant when LinkedIn users go unchecked. One person might brag about “sleeping only three hours a day to stay on top,” while another claims they listened to 50 self-improvement audiobooks in a week. It’s a cocktail of forced corporate positivity, spotlighting people who preach relentless productivity as if it’s an exclusive virtue. Others detail humblebrags about saving their entire department single-handedly, followed by a triumphant “I’d like to thank myself” speech. You can’t help but wonder how anyone finds the time to actually do their job in between all these staged success stories.

Once you finished browsing these accounts of corporate showmanship, you likely felt both annoyed and strangely entertained. You saw countless posts dripping with self-praise, sprinkled with motivational quotes that seemed to exist only for the purpose of impressing potential employers. Each image or caption served as a reminder of just how far people might go to trumpet their achievements. You probably left the gallery with a new sense of caution before drafting your next “I woke up at 4 a.m. for success” post.

If these cringe LinkedIn highlights entertained you, you might also enjoy exploring other workplace cringe collections on Thunder Dungeon, from comical CV misadventures to bizarre manager pep talks that toe the line between motivational and misguided.