A 'motivational' video posted on LinkedIn has left people cringing at how awkward it is.
If you're ever spent any time on LinkedIn, you might have come away wondering what the point if it all is.
While it can be a useful networking tool and a way for people to promote the genuinely good work they do, it's also full of fake motivational stories and cringe-worthy content.
And a recent video posted onto the site has left people feeling especially awkward as they watch a room full of people yelling a motivational speech about how they're going to go out and sell.
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In the video, the motivational speakers declare themselves to be an 'elite sales warrior', one even gets up onto the table to announce he will 'destroy the competition'.
The whole room is repeating after them, declaring they 'believe I can close anybody any time, any place' as they throw out slogans like 'success trains, failure complains'.
Ending the motivational speech the room shouts 'I have no limits' and how they are 'ready for war', which sounds a bit extreme for a sales job.
Shared by popular Twitter account @StateOfLinkedIn, the video had people in stitches as they thought it was taking dedication to the job just a little bit too far.
One person said 'bro it's a job, it's not that deep', while another said it was their 'absolute nightmare of a job scenario'.
Someone else worried that the video was a sign that people were 'creating and rewarding psychopathy', and another said 'imagine the size of their cringe looking back on it in five years time'.
Lots of people thought it was funny that the guy standing on a table above everyone else while getting them to repeat everything he said was shouting 'I have no ego'.
Others joked around that they could imagine a few companies actually doing this, with one person thinking 'the Avon ladies at Christmas' probably did something similar and another joked 'bet they sell vape sticks'.
The video itself comes from Andy Elliott, CEO of The Elliott Group, who responded to the criticism by posting the video on his LinkedIn page again overlaid with positive reviews.
He challenged 'people saying our training doesn't work' by shb. owing a series of people who'd used his sales training and come away very happy with the results.
Next time you need to sell something you could give the chant a go and see whether it helps you get a deal over the line.
Maybe try it in an isolated place first, otherwise you might scare people away while you're screaming about how you've got no ego.
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Joe Harker