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On the phenomenon of BS jobs
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:06 pm
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:06 pm
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Ever had the feeling that your job might be made up? That the world would keep on turning if you weren’t doing that thing you do 9-5? David Graeber explored the phenomenon of bullshite jobs for our recent summer issue – everyone who’s employed should read carefully…
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In fact, I’m not sure I’ve ever met a corporate lawyer who didn’t think their job was bullshite. The same goes for almost all the new industries outlined above. There is a whole class of salaried professionals that, should you meet them at parties and admit that you do something that might be considered interesting (an anthropologist, for example), will want to avoid even discussing their line of work entirely. Give them a few drinks, and they will launch into tirades about how pointless and stupid their job really is.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 6:14 pm
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Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:09 pm to fnchdrms87
An article from 2013... Great thread
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:20 pm to fnchdrms87
This guy sounds like a babbling idiot.
Barring any "let me hook up a friend / family member with a cush job", every job is necessary.
Companies don't create positions to burn money.
ETA: I realize that's not exactly what the article is talking about, but the "positions that were created to keep us busy" were all created to make our lives simpler.
Barring any "let me hook up a friend / family member with a cush job", every job is necessary.
Companies don't create positions to burn money.
ETA: I realize that's not exactly what the article is talking about, but the "positions that were created to keep us busy" were all created to make our lives simpler.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:27 pm to Box Geauxrilla
Exactly.
So, doctors, construction workers, law makers, and law enforcement are the only "non BS" jobs?
So, doctors, construction workers, law makers, and law enforcement are the only "non BS" jobs?
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:32 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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Companies don't create positions to burn money.
Companies are poorly scaled and inefficient. Much of the labor done today is superfluous and could be wholly automated
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:35 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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Companies don't create positions to burn money.
Many create positions because they have to for bureaucratic bullshite reasons.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 6:43 pm to The Third Leg
A buddy of mine in London, UK has a pretty sweet gig. He works under the director of marketing for one of the top Intellectual Property sales company in the world. His job is to scout out quarterly sales conferences across the world. I WhatAPP him earlier today and he's in Trogir dining with some directors of a resort. Lucky bastard!
I like to think his job is somewhat BS.
I like to think his job is somewhat BS.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:02 pm to fnchdrms87
Public Defenders. Any worth a shite will tell you their jobs are necessary.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:10 pm to Breesus
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Public Defenders. Any worth a shite will tell you their jobs are necessary.
They're necessary in such the capacity that exists today primarily due to the fact that our government has a hard on for a prison economy, which is just another program of bullshite jobs.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 7:11 pm
Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:40 pm to ellishughtiger
That is a VERY sweet gig if the $ is right!
Posted on 8/22/14 at 7:43 pm to fnchdrms87
Most government jobs are BS.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 8:22 pm to fnchdrms87
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On the phenomenon of BS jobs
so 50% of gubment jobs?
Posted on 8/22/14 at 8:25 pm to fnchdrms87
Posted on 8/22/14 at 8:45 pm to Box Geauxrilla
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ompanies don't create positions to burn money.
They sure as frick do. The safety guy, the quality guy and perhaps the office administrator.
Posted on 8/22/14 at 9:30 pm to fnchdrms87
Efficiency/business consulting firms come up with new kinds of BS jobs that companies should have.
It ensures that companies will continue to hire them when they become bloated, in which case they come up with more BS. The C- level guys do it for liability reasons because it takes the blame off of them.
PMOs are the latest trend. In 10 years it'll be something else.
It ensures that companies will continue to hire them when they become bloated, in which case they come up with more BS. The C- level guys do it for liability reasons because it takes the blame off of them.
PMOs are the latest trend. In 10 years it'll be something else.
This post was edited on 8/22/14 at 9:32 pm
Posted on 8/22/14 at 10:12 pm to Breesus
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Public Defenders. Any worth a shite will tell you their jobs are necessary.
Yeah what a joke that whole concept is
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