Sliwowski’s Automated Humility: AI Takes Notes on Corporate Soulcraft
They automated hiring to remove friction. Instead, they removed something strong candidates were looking for: Evidence that somebody actually wanted to hire them. A company I worked with automated… | Konstanty Sliwowski | 25 comments
Verdict
Konstanty Sliwowski elevates performative humility to an art form, lamenting the 'soullessness' of automated hiring while sneakily flexing his expertise through 'a company I worked with.' The irony drips like stale office coffee; he advocates for AI in everything but human interaction, seamlessly slipping in a sales pitch for his book as if it's the philosopher's stone for hiring. Amid this theater of borrowed gravitas, wisdom is handed out like cheap promotional pens—'the best candidates are evaluating you,' a truism emptier than the promises of a chatbot. So here we sit in our ergonomic chairs, subjected to LinkedIn's recycled hits: hymns about frictionless systems and authenticity quests, all hawked via an AI-proof manifesto.
The author hints at humility by discussing the flawed automation process, but it reads more like a subtle flex.
Cites experience from a previous company and references their book as a primary source of authority.
Presents some fair insights, but relies on vague notions like 'best candidates are evaluating you' without deep exploration.
While advocating for human connection in hiring, the post leans heavily on an automated solution to validate its point.
'Get your copy here' explicitly promotes the author's book, indicating a clear self-promotional intent.
'Frictionless,' 'automating their way to the wrong candidates,' and other phrases evoke typical LinkedIn jargon.