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> Whether your job has purpose or not isn't for the employee to decide. Thats for the employer to decide. Says who? The point is, we are free to define what a

> Whether your job has purpose or not isn't for the employee to decide. Thats for the employer to decide. Says who? The point is, we are free to define what a BS job is anyway we want. This book simply postulates that the job is BS if a person performing the job thinks it is. You are free to come up with alternative definitions. - A job is BS if a congress committee designates it as such. - A job is BS if NYTimes editorial board says it is. - A Job is BS if employer files for bankruptcy. For me, the definition adopted by the book is at least not worse than the alternatives. Once we defined it we can talk about how many BS jobs there are etc. Or, to rephrase, how many people think they have a BS job. > It's your job to decide whether you want to trade your time for their money. And yes, I can trade my time for their money and still have freedom to call their job BS.

anm89 6y ago
> Says who? Says the company who created the job. They created the job you think is bullshit. They have the right to do so. If you want to make this bullshit job not exist, they are the one you'd have to convince. What is your goal here? Sure I think a lot of these jobs are BS too. The point is it doesn't matter at all what you or I think unless you're advocating for some specific change. Congress as far as I know has never outlawed a job for being pointless nor do they have any authority as far as I know to do so. The NY Times can say whatever they want about any job in the world but they don't have any say in the issue. If the company goes out of business than the problem resolves itself. So is your goal to complain to the internet that you don't like the fact that some job exists. If so, sure, scream to the skies about how dumb these jobs are. If you are saying something should change, that's when the stuff I'm talking about is relevant because you are going to find that your perception of them being bullshit does not give you any avenue to make them not exist.

anm89 6y ago

> Says who? Says the company who created the job. They created the job you think is bullshit. They have the right to do so. If you want to make this bullshit job not exist, they are the one you'd have to convince. What is your goal here? Sure I think a lot of these jobs are BS too. The point is it doesn't matter at all what you or I think unless you're advocating for some specific change. Congress as far as I know has never outlawed a job for being pointless nor do they have any authority as far as I know to do so. The NY Times can say whatever they want about any job in the world but they don't have any say in the issue. If the company goes out of business than the problem resolves itself. So is your goal to complain to the internet that you don't like the fact that some job exists. If so, sure, scream to the skies about how dumb these jobs are. If you are saying something should change, that's when the stuff I'm talking about is relevant because you are going to find that your perception of them being bullshit does not give you any avenue to make them not exist.