To think you don’t block new colleagues on LinkedIn?

How would he know all your names to block?

A former colleague from about 8 years ago has blocked me on LI. Someone from years back, who I barely think about but just looked up because I was meeting up with some mutual old work mates and we were wondering how she was. I think (because obviously I looked her up on DH LI) it's because she'd lost a good job and had to go back to a less glam role. Anyone who does this, do beware! It's like The Streisand Effect in terms of piquing others' curiosity.

Don’t be so utterly ridiculous 🤣 I hope you’re joking and I’ve had a sense of humour failure 🤦‍♀️

Report him to HR and see if you can get him reprimanded?

This

Of course and I know all of the various privacy settings and use some myself.

Point is , OP says she was likely blocked as she couldn't even see him when searching for him. That is unusual and suggests he's blocked her.

OP is also indirectly connected in the same way you suggest, as an example, her husband might be, i.e. through the recruiting manager.

A member of my team blocked me (Head of Department) and other team members - basically because he posts shite that he claims to have been doing "at work" that he has neither the skills nor experience for.

Nothing we can do because he hasn't actually named us as his employer!

I'd be wary too OP.

I come from a completely different background where actually SM for work was not used for security reasons. In my current area i suppose it's more neutral but certainly not relied upon or used very widely. Therefore I definitely don't understand your working culture but would say don't jump to conclusions or red flags. LI might be widely used but it's still his personal information. He's presumably been verified and referenced prior to appointment so I'm not sure what he would be hiding on SM.

If it's usual to be connected I'd drop a friendly message welcoming him to the team first, then a bit later asking for his LI details. Could be a glitch, could be a reason such as previous issues with colleagues, maybe he's just a private person who doesn't love this part of the culture. He might know he's got to be on LI but doesn't want the whole team knowing everything about him before he's introduced himself.

Give him a chance.

People set the level of privacy that they want on their own linkedin profile.

Again, I don't think is possible. As long as you're a LinkedIn member, you can see everyone's profile. Happy to be corrected but I've tried to limit my profile to just my connections to no avail.

Facebook is a different animal, for people to share their private life rather than professional life. Of course if people choose to set privacy limits on their Linked In profile that’s their choice. But that’s not the point. The point was the suggestion that a person looking for another persons Linked In profile was snooping.

I should imagine not being able to find him is due to privacy settings based on mutual connections or something similar

I don't think LinkedIn allows you to limit your profile to mutual connections. At least, I've tried to do this and haven't been able to find this option.

Linkedin is a public platform. But People edit the privacy of their own accounts.

Not everyone can see everything.

People set the level of privacy that they want on their own linkedin profile.

They don't want everyone to see everything.

So they can set their privacy settings so you can see very little.

Facebook is also a public platform set up to help people connect and network.
Can you see a lot of information about a lot of people's Facebook accounts?

No. Most people have strict privacy controls set up on their Facebook page, so you can only see their name.

Privacy settings are more than just first connections.

I just used that one as an example.

You can also set privacy settings different ways.

For example her husband might have worked with someone that this man worked with before, or her husband might have worked for the same global company as the man worked with before.

There are so many different layers of privacy on linkedin

Some of these responses are bonkers. Linked In is a public platform set up precisely for people to find each other, connect and network. Looking people up is not snooping- it is the entire purpose of the site!

Do you think OP's husband was a 'first connection' as he was able to see the person?

Yep - I know how it works, but thanks anyway. Maybe you need to address your points to the OP.

I bet he's wondering why your DH searched him.

How do you know he blocked her.

And that he just didn't set his linkedin profile privacy settings to "only first connections can see my profile".

Are you aware of how linkedin privacy features work

Sometimes I think have some people on here any idea about computers

In the older days, the "boss" used to introduce new colleagues with a quick resume of previous experience. This is rarely done now as the expectation is that people will check out the new person on LinkedIn. It is NOT normal to block some of your new colleagues from seeing your LinkedIn profile. I could understand if they had blocked their facebook profile, but LinkedIn? Really?

Tbf before I was self employed I blocked everyone at work or who joined and also when I moved jobs. That was all socials.

Not having them stalk my life

No one's saying they're not allowed to look up colleagues

What we are saying is no one is entitled to see someone else's linked in.

He is entitled to set his privacy settings how he wants