Should I join Linkedin to help a friendly coworker or two?

Post date: 2023-06-01 09:07:29

My company has been hit with layoffs and one coworker has already reached out to ask for endorsements on Linkedin. Should I create an account?

I am very happy to give this person a reference but I do not have my own account on Linkedin and was never their supervisor. So, I don't know if a regular reference would make sense.

I don't plan to keep my profile updated or do much with it. Is that going to provide any value to my endorsement if I don't appear active? There is at least one other person who may or may not be let go that I would do this for if they needed it. I don't think I would use it for myself if I did lose my current job.

I just find Linkedin (the organization) a bit creepy. I was invited years ago by two relatives and they just kept emailing me for years. I am not concerned about identity theft or anything like that.

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