LinkedIn’s first Year in Review feature, which is similar to Spotify Wrapped, shows users their activity over the past year, such as login days, new connections, and jobs landed by contacts. However, it’s getting a lot of negative feedback in a tough job market. These summaries often highlight personal struggles, especially now that U.S. unemployment is at its highest level in four years, there are more job seekers than openings for the first time in four years, and hiring is on track to be the weakest since 2020.
Job seekers vented on X, with one user saying that 865 connections got jobs while they got none, even though they applied to 388,338 postings. They called it a “participation trophy for unemployment.” Some people called it tone-deaf because layoffs and hiring freezes were on the rise. Dan Roth, the editor-in-chief of LinkedIn, admitted that it had been a “challenging year,” but he framed the tool as a way to celebrate networking, skill-building, and support beyond job searches.
Users on LinkedIn shared positive stats like 281 active days or 326 days of engagement, tagging their best connections. Even though things are looking bad, LinkedIn data from other places shows that jobs like AI specialists, physical therapists, travel advisors, software engineers, and mental health experts are growing.
