Bravely Default 2 is too grindy

I've never played Bravely Default or Bravely Second, but I have played Octopath. My chief complaint with Octopath was how relatively little of the game was devoted to story as opposed to straight up grinding. I thought Bravely Default 2 would offer the same classic gameplay style but actually have a story that guides the players progress.

Lo and behold, I'm finding that progression is basically the same albeit altered just slightly. Go to a town, speak to NPCs, go through a quick dungeon, fight boss, return to town, repeat. Repeat the whole process again each chapter only with a new town and a new overworld map.

In no way are the enemies you fight along the way to each boss enough to keep you on level with the story content, and you level sooooooo slowly. The last two days have been me doing very little outside of just grinding battles.

The job system also seems to contribute to the grind from the perspective of it not seemingly like you can just stick with a job you like for the duration of the game. You're basically forced to level a lot of different jobs on each character so that you can ensure you have the right abilities for each boss encounter.