Employee quits Fortune 500 company three days into PIP, lands government job paying $17K more, then notices former coworker checking LinkedIn 8 times in one day before sending a request

Professionals mostly use LinkedIn as a medium to connect with business, find jobs, and build a personal brand. There exist some other people who are also very interested in others’ professional lives, and for some, it sounds acceptable too. But when you leave your workplace after a hiccup and later find out your old colleagues were checking your LinkedIn profile, not once but 8 times a day before sending you a connection request, you would be very suspicious.

For one Reddit user, this scenario followed them even after they moved on. The employee said they were pushed out of a Fortune 500 company after facing “ostracism, performance improvement plan, gossiping and no support system and so forth.” They eventually quit during a four-week PIP and later built a much stronger career.

Now, they are wondering why former coworkers still appear interested in their professional life.


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Employee says problems began while they were still training

The Reddit user posting on Reddit’s r/OfficePolitics admitted that some concerns about their performance were fair. “Do I feel like they had reason to raise concerns about my performance? Partially they were,” they wrote. But they said the workplace became “extremely toxic” even though they were still learning and “showed progression over time.”


One major complaint involved their tone. According to the employee, one trainer complained about how they spoke. That trainer then allegedly spoke privately to another trainer, who was already her friend. The two reportedly went to the director, and the employee said the PIP began around the same time.

The employee said they tried to understand what they needed to change.

“I then asked politely if I could have an example of my tone issue so I can improve myself,” they wrote. “I was ghosted and no one followed up.”

They quit three days into the PIP

The employee said they resigned just three days into the four-week PIP. They also claimed that trainers had a group chat where they “just gossip to no end.” They said they discovered the chat after their trainer shared her screen with them.

The employee also felt that a clique on the team had already decided they did not like them.

“I tried integrating myself but the ring leader... did not like me,” they wrote. One example, they said, was being reported for not responding to a Teams message while they were on lunch.

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Their career improved after leaving

They said they “got hired within 3 weeks of leaving that job” at a reputable bank. Nine months later, they landed a contract opportunity in another department and successfully completed it.

Eventually, they said they landed a government job paying “17k more than the job I left.” But former coworkers were still appearing on their LinkedIn.

Former coworkers kept checking their LinkedIn

The employee said people from the old company started deleting them after they found a new job. At the same time, coworkers would periodically visit their profile without interacting.

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“They were simply just being nosy,” the employee wrote. One former colleague allegedly viewed their profile “8 times in one day” before sending a connection request.

The employee accepted it. They then noticed that the person started liking posts from one of their former coworkers.

“I’m just curious why are they so committed to not review their impression of me?” he wondered.

The employee believes the old workplace's clique may have shaped the way people viewed them. But the LinkedIn activity alone does not establish why former coworkers were checking their profile.