OpenToWork

LinkedIn once stood as the spot for polished résumés, mutual connections and subtle humblebrags. No longer. Desperate job seekers now paste GoFundMe links into their posts. They ask former colleagues, recruiters and strangers for cash to cover rent, groceries and health insurance while applications vanish into digital black holes. But the shift didn’t happen overnight. […]

In March 2025, a game developer with fifteen years of experience posted a single word on LinkedIn: “Available.” Within hours, dozens of colleagues — artists, animators, programmers, QA testers — echoed the sentiment. Their profiles, once adorned with studio logos from Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, and Activision Blizzard, now carried the same haunting badge: #OpenToWork. This