Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
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From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.
Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled “On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs.” It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.
There are millions of people—HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers—whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.
Graeber explores one of society’s most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation.
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The theory is an interesting one, that some jobs are not worth doing. But then it rambles to topics like how does it feel to work one of these jobs. Or why society allows these too flourish. I've got the last chapter left to read and look forward to some sort of summing up or suggested changes. It's easy to read and the topics move along.
This topic doesn't really dictate an organization. So the author talks about aspects he feels relevant.
Too many side issues talked about.
