If the LinkedIn airport arrivals had honest announcers it will read...
" I am happy to announce that I have joined Abcd as XYZO and will be doing alpha beta gama for 9 hours to be paid on the 30th of the month so that I can pay bills and hopefully learn something new so that I can again announce in a few years, I am happy to announce that I have joined as Max Pro Abcd as senior XYZO and will be doing Supra alpha beta gama for 10 hours to be paid on the 30th of the month so I can pay bills and hopefully learn something new so that I can again....."
The culture of announcing that you joined a new place makes most sense in business roles when you lead sales, BD, marketing, client relations etc. It lets old & new partners, customers, vendors, contracts know you moved to a new place = follow me.
In all other functions erstwhile teams manage relationship activities.
So what are other functions doing with announcements complete with balloons, flights taking off and firecrackers? Why do this when you don't announce departures ?
Airports do both equally
If you announce arrival then pls announce departure too
News paper runs a column on Birth & Death - are you seeing a pattern in the balance ?
Can't have so many landings on the LinkedIn airstrip :-)
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