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A few months ago I had one of those days at work. You know the kind.

The kind where you open LinkedIn to vent, then immediately remember:

"Wait... my manager is on LinkedIn."

"And their manager."

"And HR."

"And somehow everyone is apparently humbled, honoured and thrilled."

So instead of posting my rant, I spent an unhealthy amount of time scrolling LinkedIn and realized something:

The platform is great for announcing promotions, but not so great for talking about what work actually feels like.

Burnout.
Micromanagement.
Office politics.
Coworkers stealing your lunch.
The 17th "quick call" of the day.

That rabbit hole eventually turned into me building Slakroom.

The original idea was simple:

What if there was a place where professionals could talk honestly about work without turning it into a toxic gossip forum?

No doxxing.
No naming and shaming.
No witch hunts.

Just real workplace conversations. What's been interesting is that as I built it, I realized the real value isn't the ranting. It's the patterns underneath.

Why are people burning out?

Why do so many employees leave managers instead of companies?

What workplace issues keep showing up across industries?

I've also been experimenting with a different approach to job posts.

Most job boards focus on:

• Company
• Title
• Salary

But a lot of people leave jobs because of the team and manager they're working with. So I'm exploring ways to make jobs more about the people you'll actually work alongside.

Still very early and I'd genuinely love feedback.

Do you think professionals need something between LinkedIn's corporate optimism and Reddit's complete anonymity?

Or am I just building a very expensive coping mechanism for a bad day at work?