So I recently changed jobs, now a former coworker is stalking me

[liberal N proud]

At 64 I changed jobs, in part, because the place I was working had become a toxic situation.
So I started looking and found a better paying job, a new adventure and a better environment.

Funny thing happened, the very person who was the biggest pain in the a$$ and big part of why I moved on now checks my LinkedIn profile every 3 hours.

I posted my change on there, don’t know what he is looking for. Must be separation anxiety.

I don’t know if I should appreciate the attention or fear for my life. When I left, I took a huge bank of knowledge with me, something the company took for granted until I turned in my notice.

[kimbutgar]

1. I would suspend my LinkedIn account for the time being

[CurtEastPoint]

2. absolutely. you have a job and don't need to be visible for now.

[liberal N proud]

4. I use it to keep in touch with many former colleagues

Otherwise I would do that

[CurtEastPoint]

8. block that person

Go to the profile of the person you'd like to report or block. Tap the More icon and select Report or block from the list. Tap Block [member name] from What do you want to do? Tap Submit.

[Ptah]

3. Block the stalker on LinkedIn:

When you block a member on LinkedIn, here's what will happen:

You won't be able to access each other's profiles on LinkedIn.
You won't be able to message each other on LinkedIn.
You won't be able to see each other's shared content.
If you're connected, you won't be connected anymore.
You won't see each other under Who's Viewed Your Profile.

https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1380117

[liberal N proud]

6. You can also report them

Or get them help.

[MutantAndProud]

11. I'm not sure I see what's amusing...

Why is ‘get them help’ something to laugh about?

[Hugh_Lebowski]

5. Did you sign any kind of non-compete agreement when you started

At the now-previous job?

[liberal N proud]

7. Nope

They were not that smart

They just thought I liked working for dirt. I had not had but one raise in 5 years.

[halfulglas]

21. Wow. But some companies are like that. They think you should be grateful to be working

For them.

This other person may be extremely jealous of you and will try applying for a job at your new company. How does he find the time to check on you on Linkd-in every 3 hours?

[liberal N proud]

22. He lives on his phone

It is what will bite him, now that I am no longer there.
He always spends hours on his phone and then complained about the demands.

Not sure how he is handling the pressure now.

[Effete Snob]

9. Congratulations on the new job

And on the resolve to get out of a situation in which you did not want to be.

[liberal N proud]

13. Thanks

[SWBTATTReg]

10. I'd be a little nervous, a little more alert. Change your routines a little, it does make one ...

wonder why are they so obsessed!

[intrepidity]

12. I must be out of touch or somerthing

Looking at a page online is considered stalking nowadays? Since I don't engage in "social media" I guess I never thought too much about this. But putting a page online and making it public, and then people look at it, well isn't that sort of the point?

I dunno, I must be missing simething.

[liberal N proud]

14. It's the every three hours part that's weird

He wouldn’t talk to me when I worked there. Now he needs to know what’s going on

[intrepidity]

15. I guess it may mean you're a topic of conversation at the old place?

Do people update linkedin frequently, typically, like facebook or something?

[liberal N proud]

17. No, except sharing industry articles

[MutantAndProud]

16. That is not the definition of stalking or harassment

Your profile page is public. It doesn’t have to be.

If you make false accusations or get him ‘help’ by calling others to pursue this without anything else in evidence you may end up crossing a line of your own… do not make this situation you have described as toxic more toxic or complex.

Restrict your visibility settings if you want or block the individual or remove your profile if being viewed offends you.

[liberal N proud]

18. I just blocked him

But as I was doing that, it came up that you could request help for them.
It was like one of those evil moments that I never follow through on because I have morals

But after working with him for several years, he is neurotic and flies off the handle all the time.

[MutantAndProud]

19. Possibly another person not doing well in the toxic environment

People get neurotic and pent up in situations like that very easily. Best to let it simmer down on its own if possible, the more triggers pulled the worse things become.

[liberal N proud]

20. He was part of the problem

Most of it actually.

I was the manager and he wanted to fight.
I was out the minute that my managers didn’t back me up.