{"id":35337,"date":"2026-08-26T10:38:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/?p=35337"},"modified":"2026-08-26T10:38:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T14:38:23","slug":"linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In this week&#8217;s episode, Nick and Geoff dig into two\u00a0stories. A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w35546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Bureau of Economic Research study<\/a>\u00a0identifies &#8220;LinkedIn time traveling,&#8221; where candidates retroactively edit old job entries to stuff AI keywords and exaggerate skills. Then the episode turns to new data showing AI is significantly worsening an already acute workplace loneliness crisis, with 44% of employees now choosing AI over collaborating with a colleague. They dig into practical strategies for what employers can do about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"video-embed\" style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;\">\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/o4uvgnPO6Nc?si=NGohi4ljduK1Tz8j\" title=\"\n\"LinkedIn Time Traveling\" and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;top:0;left:0;\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\">\n  <\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"row justify-content-between\">\n<div class=\"cs-btn-light text-center mb-4 col-12 col-md-6 pr-md-4\">\n  <a class=\"cs-button d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/linkedin-time-traveling-and-the-loneliness-problem-ai\/id1869414001?i=1000785961563\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"gap: 8px\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Apple-Podcasts-logo.png\" alt=\"Apple podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"h-auto\" style=\"width: 24px\">\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px\">Listen on Apple Podcasts<\/span>\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"cs-btn-light text-center mb-4 col-12 col-md-6 pl-md-4\">\n  <a class=\"cs-button d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center gap-3 w-100\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4YxaO9EyR3RhuioihQj743?si=Z2O38wwRQS2E8zCsGNIEsQ\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"gap: 8px\">\n\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Spotify_White_Logo.png\" alt=\"Apple podcast\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"h-auto pr\" style=\"width: 24px\">\n<span style=\"font-size: 20px\">Listen on Spotify<\/span>\n\n<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid rgb(0 0 0 \/ 0.1); padding: 25px 25px 10px; border-radius: 8px; box-shadow: 0 4px 6px -1px rgb(0 0 0 \/ 0.1), 0 2px 4px -2px rgb(0 0 0 \/ 0.1);\">\n<h3 id=\"h-pressed-for-time-here-s-a-quick-summary\" class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\">Short on time? Here are the key takeaways:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW206804349 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/91589906\/linkedin-users-are-time-traveling-by-adding-ai-keywords-to-past-jobs-on-their-profiles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW206804349 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW206804349 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">One in five LinkedIn users engage in &#8220;time traveling&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW206804349 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW206804349 BCX0\">, the term for a newly uncovered practice of retroactively editing past job entries to add AI keywords, remove DEI references, and inflate skills<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW233918042 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW233918042 BCX0\">The behavior is being driven in part by candidates\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW233918042 BCX0\">attempting<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW233918042 BCX0\"> to game AI screening tools, stuffing profiles with keywords designed to pass algorithmic filters, and to make them appear more fit for certain roles<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW40008506 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW40008506 BCX0\">The US Surgeon General has equated the health impact of chronic loneliness to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, yet most employers are not treating it with anything close to the urgency they would apply to a physical health risk of equivalent scale<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW144251773 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hr-brew.com\/stories\/ai-workplace-loneliness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW144251773 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144251773 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">44% of employees choose AI over collaborating with a colleague<\/span><\/span><\/a><span class=\"TextRun SCXW144251773 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144251773 BCX0\">, 75% seek advice from AI rather than a coworker, and 37% use AI for brainstorming out of fear of judgment, a pattern that is accelerating workplace isolation<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"TextRun SCXW194958216 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW194958216 BCX0\">The most effective employer response is intentional collaboration: stack projects with multiple people, use AI in shared team settings rather than in isolation, and reframe AI as a team member rather than a private tool<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"episode-summary\">Episode Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"linkedin-time-traveling-gaming-the-algorithm-by-rewriting-the-past\">LinkedIn Time Traveling: Gaming the Algorithm by Rewriting the Past<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nber.org\/papers\/w35546\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The National Bureau of Economic Research<\/a>&nbsp;examined tens of millions of LinkedIn profiles and found something that has quietly become a material trend: candidates are going back into old job entries, sometimes years-old, and editing them to reflect skills, technologies, and keywords that were not part of their actual roles at the time.&nbsp;The term the article coins for the behavior is&nbsp;&#8220;LinkedIn time traveling.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most vivid example is an employee who worked at Amazon in 2017&nbsp;and&nbsp;updated their job description from &#8220;machine learning&#8221; to &#8220;machine learning and AI.&#8221; The problem is that AI, in the sense being added to the description, was not a meaningful part of most roles in 2017. The addition is&nbsp;less&nbsp;a clarification&nbsp;in this instance, and more&nbsp;a fabrication.&nbsp;This practice&nbsp;is&nbsp;being done with&nbsp;a very specific&nbsp;audience in mind: AI screening tools that scan profile content for relevant keywords when evaluating candidates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The behavior extends beyond adding skills.\u00a0The analysis found a\u00a0significant number\u00a0of profiles removing references to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/resources\/building-a-deib-friendly-wellness-program\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI work<\/a>,\u00a0chairmanship\u00a0of diversity committees, and similar experiences, in response to the current political environment around those terms. The same underlying motivation\u00a0applies:\u00a0candidates are\u00a0optimizing\u00a0their profiles not for\u00a0accuracy,\u00a0but for what they believe will play well with the screening systems and human readers evaluating them right now, regardless of what was\u00a0actually true\u00a0at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick adds a layer that the article does not explicitly cover but that he considers likely: many of the updated descriptions are themselves AI-generated, flooding profiles with AI-produced language and keyword stuffing designed to pass algorithmic filters. The result is a feedback loop where AI-generated candidate profiles are being screened by AI hiring tools, with human judgment increasingly absent from the&nbsp;initial&nbsp;stages of both sides of the transaction.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Geoff frames this with some sympathy. The job market is genuinely difficult. Candidates face bot-screened interviews, massive application volumes, and algorithmic systems that make it\u00a0nearly impossible\u00a0to stand out on merit alone. The hustle to\u00a0optimize\u00a0a profile is a rational response to an irrational system.\u00a0However,\u00a0it also reflects a broader cultural shift: a growing willingness to state a claim boldly regardless of whether it is fully verifiable, an era in which putting yourself out there has begun to outweigh the concern about whether every detail holds up to scrutiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-ai-loneliness-problem-nobody-is-treating-seriously-enough\"><strong>The AI Loneliness Problem Nobody Is Treating Seriously Enough<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Health Organization\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global-development\/2023\/nov\/16\/who-declares-loneliness-a-global-public-health-concern\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">declared loneliness a global\u00a0health conscern<\/a>. The US Surgeon General has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/health\/loneliness-poses-health-risks-as-deadly-as-smoking-u-s-surgeon-general-says\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">equated the mortality effects of chronic loneliness to\u00a0smoking\u00a015 cigarettes a day<\/a>. Nick&#8217;s framing of that equivalence is sharp: if more than 20% of a company&#8217;s workforce were smoking 15 cigarettes a day, every employer in the country would have a tobacco cessation program, a surcharge, and a formal policy response. When the same population is dealing with chronic loneliness that carries the identical health burden, most employers are doing nothing\u2014and many are actively making it worse by pushing AI adoption practices that deepen isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image mobile-center\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A cartoon illustration of a person holding a clipboard and conversing with a large AI chatbot wearing a headset on a smartphone screen, with speech bubbles exchanged between them.\" class=\"wp-image-35355\" style=\"width:317px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/The-AI-Loneliness-Problem-Nobody-Is-Treating-Seriously-Enough-96x96.jpg 96w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hr-brew.com\/stories\/ai-workplace-loneliness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">data on how employees are using AI<\/a>&nbsp;makes the pattern clear. Three-quarters of workers are using AI to seek advice rather than asking a colleague. Fifty-two percent are using AI for brainstorming rather than pulling someone into the conversation. Forty-four percent are choosing AI over collaborating with a colleague outright. Thirty-seven percent are using AI for brainstorming specifically out of fear of judgment, which is&nbsp;a cultural signal that something is broken in how the organization responds to imperfect ideas, and that the AI tool has become a safe outlet precisely because it will not push back.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;AI&nbsp;loneliness problem is structurally harder to address than the smoking problem. Smoking has natural barriers: you&nbsp;have to&nbsp;leave the building, go outside, deal with weather, interrupt whatever you&nbsp;were&nbsp;doing. None of those barriers feel like they are improving your performance as an employee. AI has no comparable friction. Every time an employee chooses AI over a colleague, they can rationalize it as a&nbsp;productivity&nbsp;decision. The barriers to human connection are invisible, and the barriers to AI use are clouded in language about efficiency and performance. That makes the behavior harder to interrupt and easier to normalize.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-employers-can-actually-do\"><strong>What Employers Can Actually Do<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practical response, which Nick and Geoff both work through from their own experience at Wellable, is not to restrict AI but to change the conditions under which it is used.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" id=\"make-collaboration-the-default-not-the-exception\">Make collaboration the default, not the exception.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stack projects with multiple people even when the task could technically be handled by one person working with AI. The solo employee plus AI model produces work faster in isolation but at the cost of the shared problem-solving, feedback, and connection that come from working together. Multiple people plus AI can produce work of comparable or higher quality in comparable time while preserving the human interaction that sustains a healthy team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" id=\"use-ai-collaboratively-not-individually\">Use AI collaboratively, not individually.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick and Geoff&#8217;s own example is instructive: when they need to brainstorm or work through a problem, they will open a tool like Gemini together, ask it questions as a group, and discuss the outputs. The AI is a participant in the conversation rather than a private oracle each person consults separately. That shift changes the dynamic from isolation to collaboration without sacrificing any of the utility the tool provides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" id=\"reframe-ai-as-a-team-member-not-a-tool\">Reframe AI as a team member, not a tool.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nick pushes back on the framing of AI as a tool in the way Excel or Word is a tool, arguing that at its current capability level, AI is closer to an\u00a0additional\u00a0team member than an instrument. If you frame it that way\u00a0(that\u00a0this is a new person who is joining the\u00a0team\u00a0and we will collaborate with them alongside each other)\u00a0the\u00a0natural response is to include it in group settings rather than siloed individual ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" class=\"wp-block-heading nitoc\" id=\"address-the-fear-of-judgment-directly\">Address the fear of judgment directly.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 37% of employees using AI for brainstorming specifically because they fear being judged for imperfect ideas is a cultural\u00a0problem\u00a0is\u00a0not an AI problem. Organizations that do not genuinely embrace imperfect ideas in brainstorming sessions are creating a push factor toward\u00a0AI. Fixing that cultural dynamic will reduce the isolation that brainstorming-by-AI produces.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"frequently-asked-questions\">Frequently Asked Questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n    <section class=\"faq-section\">\n      <div class=\"faq-accordion\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"faq-item card card-faq\">\n          <button \n            class=\"faq-question\" \n            data-target=\"faq_1\"\n            type=\"button\"\n          >\n            What is LinkedIn time traveling?            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n          <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"faq_1\" class=\"faq-answer\">\n            <p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123669776 BCX0\">LinkedIn time traveling refers to the practice of retroactively editing past job entries on LinkedIn to add skills, keywords, or technologies that were not actually part of the role at the time. A National Bureau of Economic Research study of tens of millions of profiles found that one in five LinkedIn users has changed the title or description of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123669776 BCX0\">a previous<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123669776 BCX0\">\u00a0job after leaving it. Common examples include adding AI to job descriptions from 2017, when AI was not a meaningful\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123669776 BCX0\">component<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW123669776 BCX0\">\u00a0of most roles, and removing references to DEI work in response to the current political environment.<\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <div class=\"faq-item card card-faq\">\n          <button \n            class=\"faq-question\" \n            data-target=\"faq_2\"\n            type=\"button\"\n          >\n            Why are candidates editing their past job entries?            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n          <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"faq_2\" class=\"faq-answer\">\n            <p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW165685224 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW165685224 BCX0\">The primary driver is the prevalence of AI screening tools in hiring. Candidates believe, with good reason, that AI systems are scanning their profiles for specific keywords and ranking them accordingly. Editing past job entries to include those keywords is an attempt to game algorithmic filters. Geoff also notes a broader cultural shift: an increasing willingness to state a claim boldly regardless of whether every detail is fully verifiable, in an environment where self-promotion has come to outweigh concern about strict accuracy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <div class=\"faq-item card card-faq\">\n          <button \n            class=\"faq-question\" \n            data-target=\"faq_3\"\n            type=\"button\"\n          >\n            How does LinkedIn time traveling affect AI hiring tools?            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n          <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"faq_3\" class=\"faq-answer\">\n            <p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW237103278 BCX0\">\u00a0It introduces a data integrity problem at the source.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW237103278 BCX0\">AI hiring tools that screen based on profile content are reading fabricated or inflated descriptions, which means they are ranking candidates on the basis of skills those candidates may not actually have.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW237103278 BCX0\">\u00a0Combined with the likelihood that many updated descriptions are themselves AI-generated, the result is a feedback loop where AI-produced candidate profiles are being evaluated by AI hiring tools with minimal human oversight on either side.<\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <div class=\"faq-item card card-faq\">\n          <button \n            class=\"faq-question\" \n            data-target=\"faq_4\"\n            type=\"button\"\n          >\n            Why is workplace loneliness getting worse and what does AI have to do with it?            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n          <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"faq_4\" class=\"faq-answer\">\n            <p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86216617 BCX0\">The World Health Organization declared loneliness a global pandemic. AI is deepening it because it\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86216617 BCX0\">provides<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86216617 BCX0\">\u00a0a low-friction alternative to human connection for\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86216617 BCX0\">almost every<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW86216617 BCX0\">\u00a0task that previously required reaching out to a colleague. Three-quarters of employees are using AI for advice instead of asking a coworker. Fifty-two percent are using it for brainstorming rather than collaborating with a colleague. Forty-four percent are choosing AI over human collaboration outright. The barriers to AI use are negligible and framed in productivity language, while the barriers to human connection are invisible but compounding.<\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <div class=\"faq-item card card-faq\">\n          <button \n            class=\"faq-question\" \n            data-target=\"faq_5\"\n            type=\"button\"\n          >\n            Why is the AI loneliness problem harder to address than the smoking problem?            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n          <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"faq_5\" class=\"faq-answer\">\n            <p><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW205428334 BCX0\">Smoking has natural barriers that interrupt the behavior: leaving the office, going outside, breaking from whatever task you were doing. None of those barriers feel like they improve productivity. AI use has no comparable friction and is actively framed as a productivity improvement. Every time an employee chooses AI over a colleague, they can tell themselves they made\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW205428334 BCX0\">the<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW205428334 BCX0\">\u00a0efficient choice. That rationalization makes the behavior harder to interrupt through policy or culture alone.<\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n        <div class=\"faq-item card card-faq\">\n          <button \n            class=\"faq-question\" \n            data-target=\"faq_6\"\n            type=\"button\"\n          >\n            What practical steps can employers take to reduce AI-driven isolation?            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n          <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"faq_6\" class=\"faq-answer\">\n            <p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW26672735 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW26672735 BCX0\">Nick and Geoff identify four: stack projects with multiple people rather than defaulting to solo AI-assisted work; build shared AI use into team workflows so the tool is used collaboratively rather than privately; reframe AI as a team member rather than an individual tool, which changes the default setting from isolation to inclusion; and address the cultural fear of judgment that is driving employees toward AI for brainstorming rather than toward their colleagues.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    \n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"full-episode-transcript\"><strong style=\"color: transparent; visibility: hidden; opacity: 0;\">Full Episode Transcript<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n    <section class=\"faq-section toc-helper-accordion\">\n      <div class=\"faq-accordion\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"custom-accordion-item\">\n          <button \n            class=\"faq-question\" \n            data-target=\"transcript_1\"\n            type=\"button\"\n          >\n            <h2><span class=\"TextRun SCXW145257824 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW145257824 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"heading 2\">Full Episode Transcript<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n            <span class=\"icon\"><\/span>\n          <\/button>\n\n          <div id=\"transcript_1\" class=\"faq-answer\">\n            <p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nick:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Welcome to the Wellable Weekly Podcast, where we talk about key topics and trends at the intersection of wellbeing, technology, and HR. Geoff, your background looks a bit familiar.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Geoff:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0A little role reversal here.\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0holding it down in our Boston fort.\u00a0You&#8217;re\u00a0over in\u00a0Bangalore, right?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nick:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0I&#8217;m\u00a0in\u00a0Bangalore,\u00a0yeah, recording with our India team out here. First time doing\u00a0the\u00a0podcast from\u00a0Bangalore.\u00a0Let&#8217;s\u00a0dive right in. One of the things I love most about HR news is when you coin a new term for a modern phenomenon \u2014 like token maxing when AI\u00a0became\u00a0a thing, or quiet quitting during COVID. The first article is about a new term: LinkedIn time traveling.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">When I first heard it, I had no idea what to expect. Effectively,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0employees going back to old jobs they had and updating the posting \u2014 sometimes updating the description, in extreme scenarios updating the title, but essentially refreshing their profile by going back pretty far into their work history.\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0probably an\u00a0indication\u00a0they&#8217;re\u00a0hitting the job market.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Geoff:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Profile refreshing isn&#8217;t quite as catchy as time traveling, but that&#8217;s really what it is in practice.\u00a0The article reported that one in five, almost 20% of LinkedIn users, have changed the title or description of\u00a0a previous\u00a0job after leaving the position. On the surface, if you look at LinkedIn as an extension of your resume,\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0not\u00a0totally unusual. But what this article is calling attention to is that\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0going beyond freshening up. In some cases, job descriptions are being updated to the point of possible fabrication \u2014 inserting key terms around AI or other recent skill sets for jobs that likely did not cover those\u00a0technologies, or\u00a0referencing technologies that may not have even existed at the time.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nick:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0My favorite example in the article: an employee who worked at Amazon in 2017 updated their\u00a0previous\u00a0job description from &#8220;machine learning&#8221; to &#8220;machine learning and AI.&#8221; AI really\u00a0wasn&#8217;t\u00a0a mainstream thing in 2017.\u00a0So\u00a0you can see the extent to which people are trying to\u00a0optimize\u00a0and stretch their profiles. And\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0not just adding things. People are also removing references to DEI. If you had a bullet point about chairing a DEI committee, people are removing that given the current political environment. You can tell\u00a0they&#8217;re\u00a0doing all of this to market themselves as candidates.\u00a0What&#8217;s also really interesting is that this analysis wasn&#8217;t some fringe publication \u2014 it was done by the National Bureau of Economic Research.\u00a0They examined tens of millions of profiles. The sheer number of people going back to update their history is material.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Geoff:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0It tells you a couple\u00a0things. One, it continues to be a difficult job market.\u00a0We&#8217;ve\u00a0talked about the challenges applicants face \u2014 bot-screened interviews, massive application volumes, getting through the noise just to land a first-round interview.\u00a0On the one hand, you have to respect the hustle and the desire to position yourself in the best light.\u00a0But removing DEI references or inserting skills you\u00a0didn&#8217;t\u00a0have does feel like a growing audacity to put things out there regardless of whether\u00a0they&#8217;re\u00a0verifiable.\u00a0There&#8217;s\u00a0a broader cultural shift here \u2014 more willingness to state your claim boldly and not worry too much about whether every detail tracks.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nick:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The article\u00a0didn&#8217;t\u00a0cover this, but I suspect a lot of the updated descriptions are AI-generated as well. You get a lot of extra fluffy language stuffed in. And\u00a0I think people\u00a0are recognizing that employers are using AI tools to screen applicants, and\u00a0I&#8217;d\u00a0assume some of those tools look at your public LinkedIn profile.\u00a0So\u00a0people are\u00a0probably stuffing\u00a0keywords specifically designed to get past AI screeners. Which connects to what Geoff was mentioning about the dead internet theory \u2014 this idea that at some not-so-distant point, most of\u00a0what&#8217;s\u00a0on the internet will be populated by bots and AI rather than people. It sounds far-fetched, but the way things are\u00a0trending,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0not out of the realm of possibility.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Geoff:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0That concept connects directly to our next topic: the pervasive challenge of loneliness in the workplace.\u00a0You&#8217;re\u00a0increasingly interacting with AI technologies and bots rather than human coworkers, and\u00a0that&#8217;s\u00a0particularly acute in remote and hybrid environments. Full in-office settings have the lowest levels of loneliness. Hybrid is better than fully remote, but not by a lot.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nick:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0This is a classic example of AI taking a problem that already exists and making it much worse. The World Health Organization declared loneliness a global pandemic \u2014\u00a0I think it\u00a0was right after\u00a0COVID.\u00a0And then they published that the mortality effects of loneliness are equivalent to smoking 15 cigarettes a day.\u00a0That&#8217;s\u00a0not a casual smoker.\u00a0That&#8217;s\u00a0a heavy smoker. Three-fourths of workers are using AI to seek advice rather than asking a colleague. Fifty-two percent use it for brainstorming rather than whiteboarding with a coworker. Some\u00a0people are\u00a0even using AI for companionship. The office is a place where companionship happens \u2014 some people&#8217;s best relationships are built in office settings. And 40% of people are using AI specifically for that interpersonal use case.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">And if you think about the incentives: 44% of employees choose AI over collaborating with a colleague because they believe it helps\u00a0them\u00a0get work done quicker. The one that really blew my mind is that the AI tool\u00a0won&#8217;t\u00a0challenge them.\u00a0That&#8217;s\u00a0why people prefer it. I get it when I think about it \u2014 top performers want to be challenged, but your average employee does not. And 37% use AI for brainstorming because of fear of judgment. If your company\u00a0doesn&#8217;t\u00a0openly appreciate all ideas, good and bad, people just run to AI. The incentives to use AI are\u00a0real,\u00a0the barriers to use it are low \u2014 and in that sense,\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0actually worse\u00a0than the cigarette problem. With smoking, you\u00a0have to\u00a0leave the building and go outside. Everyone knows smoking\u00a0isn&#8217;t\u00a0making you more productive. AI has no comparable friction, and every use of it feels like a productivity decision.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Imagine if you went to an employer and said more than 20% of your population is smoking 15 cigarettes a day. That company would have a tobacco cessation program, a surcharge, formal\u00a0policies. When a similar stat\u00a0comes out\u00a0around\u00a0loneliness, because\u00a0it&#8217;s\u00a0viewed as a personal problem, you\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0see employers responding the same way. If anything,\u00a0they&#8217;re\u00a0encouraging AI\u00a0use\u00a0in ways that may be\u00a0exacerbating\u00a0the problem.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Geoff:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0Let&#8217;s\u00a0think about some practical strategies. The most common day-to-day activity is treating AI as a search engine on steroids \u2014 getting advice, brainstorming tips, bouncing\u00a0ideas. The guidance\u00a0shouldn&#8217;t be to\u00a0stop doing that. But the guidance should be to do some of that in a coworking setting. When you and I are brainstorming,\u00a0we&#8217;ll\u00a0pull up Gemini and ask it questions together. You go through that exercise of getting feedback from an AI tool, talking about it together,\u00a0disseminating\u00a0what&#8217;s\u00a0real from what\u00a0isn&#8217;t\u00a0\u2014 and you do it as a group. That produces a better outcome and avoids\u00a0the isolation.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nick:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0The same version of what\u00a0you&#8217;re\u00a0suggesting. We had a unique idea for a creative marketing strategy, and two of the marketing associates and I sat down together \u2014 remotely, on Teams \u2014 to work on it collectively. Everyone took ownership of different tasks, all heavily using AI. We needed a logo, a graphic, different\u00a0deliverables. Someone generated something in AI, shared it with the team, got feedback, iterated. It was\u00a0very fast,\u00a0very successful, and the entire time I felt like I was working with the team. We could not have done it without AI, but AI\u00a0didn&#8217;t\u00a0replace the team \u2014 it accelerated what we built together.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">I heard something on a podcast recently that stuck with me. Someone said they\u00a0don&#8217;t\u00a0view AI as a tool \u2014 because a tool is like Excel or Word. AI is close to being another human. You\u00a0wouldn&#8217;t\u00a0call a human a tool.\u00a0If you view AI as a person on your team, the natural response is to collaborate with them alongside your colleagues.\u00a0That has to be the solution.\u00a0Stack projects with multiple people even if you used to do them solo. Use AI as a team member in a shared setting, not a private oracle. If you do that, you still get the benefits of higher quality work and\u00a0accelerated\u00a0production without sacrificing social interaction.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;335559738&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Geoff:<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> It&#8217;s\u00a0a lot about being deliberate and intentional. You can pick up efficiency gains, remove more menial tasks, and still\u00a0benefit\u00a0from the collaboration you normally would have with coworkers. The shared successes of a job well done together \u2014\u00a0that matters. And hopefully in less time, with a\u00a0better quality\u00a0product. On that note, thanks\u00a0for\u00a0those who tune in to Wellable Weekly. You can catch us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts. Be sure to subscribe to the Wellable Weekly newsletter for all of our insights there as well. Thank you.<\/span><\/p>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n    \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wellable Weekly breaks down the new &#8220;LinkedIn time traveling&#8221; trend where employees fabricate work history to game AI screeners, and new data showing AI is deepening the workplace loneliness crisis \u2014 plus practical strategies for employers to fight back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35338,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcasts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.6 (Yoast SEO v27.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse | Wellable<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wellable Weekly breaks down the new &quot;LinkedIn time traveling&quot; trend where employees fabricate work history to game AI screeners, and new data showing AI is deepening the workplace loneliness crisis \u2014 plus practical strategies for employers to fight back.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse | Wellable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wellable Weekly breaks down the new &quot;LinkedIn time traveling&quot; trend where employees fabricate work history to game AI screeners, and new data showing AI is deepening the workplace loneliness crisis \u2014 plus practical strategies for employers to fight back.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Wellable\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GetWellable\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-08-26T14:38:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-08-26T14:38:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LinkedIn-Time-Traveling-and-the-Loneliness-Problem-AI-Is-Making-Worse.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Wellable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@getwellable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@getwellable\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Wellable\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse | Wellable","description":"Wellable Weekly breaks down the new \"LinkedIn time traveling\" trend where employees fabricate work history to game AI screeners, and new data showing AI is deepening the workplace loneliness crisis \u2014 plus practical strategies for employers to fight back.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse | Wellable","og_description":"Wellable Weekly breaks down the new \"LinkedIn time traveling\" trend where employees fabricate work history to game AI screeners, and new data showing AI is deepening the workplace loneliness crisis \u2014 plus practical strategies for employers to fight back.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/","og_site_name":"Wellable","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GetWellable\/","article_published_time":"2026-08-26T14:38:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-08-26T14:38:23+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LinkedIn-Time-Traveling-and-the-Loneliness-Problem-AI-Is-Making-Worse.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Wellable","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@getwellable","twitter_site":"@getwellable","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Wellable","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/"},"author":{"name":"Wellable","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f7c042b5403e555f4cd545a365023e71"},"headline":"&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse","datePublished":"2026-08-26T14:38:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-26T14:38:23+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/"},"wordCount":1372,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LinkedIn-Time-Traveling-and-the-Loneliness-Problem-AI-Is-Making-Worse.png","articleSection":["Podcasts"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/","name":"&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse | Wellable","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LinkedIn-Time-Traveling-and-the-Loneliness-Problem-AI-Is-Making-Worse.png","datePublished":"2026-08-26T14:38:21+00:00","dateModified":"2026-08-26T14:38:23+00:00","description":"Wellable Weekly breaks down the new \"LinkedIn time traveling\" trend where employees fabricate work history to game AI screeners, and new data showing AI is deepening the workplace loneliness crisis \u2014 plus practical strategies for employers to fight back.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LinkedIn-Time-Traveling-and-the-Loneliness-Problem-AI-Is-Making-Worse.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LinkedIn-Time-Traveling-and-the-Loneliness-Problem-AI-Is-Making-Worse.png","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"LinkedIn Time Traveling and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/linkedin-time-traveling-ai-workplace-loneliness-strategies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8220;LinkedIn Time Traveling&#8221;\u00a0and the Loneliness Problem AI Is Making Worse"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/","name":"Wellable","description":"Latest Research &amp; News in Wellness","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#organization","name":"Wellable","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/favicon-wellable.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/favicon-wellable.webp","width":155,"height":157,"caption":"Wellable"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GetWellable\/","https:\/\/x.com\/getwellable","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/wellable-inc-\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCtTLlvZR-tKRBcb32l-rFXg"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/f7c042b5403e555f4cd545a365023e71","name":"Wellable","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/acf8de6b4e70889e608d47410dcdc1ac0fea5050a1d89c468bea5ae977f4eda7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/acf8de6b4e70889e608d47410dcdc1ac0fea5050a1d89c468bea5ae977f4eda7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/acf8de6b4e70889e608d47410dcdc1ac0fea5050a1d89c468bea5ae977f4eda7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Wellable"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/34.168.145.72"],"url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/author\/wellable-admin\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/LinkedIn-Time-Traveling-and-the-Loneliness-Problem-AI-Is-Making-Worse.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35337"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35337\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35358,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35337\/revisions\/35358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellable.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}