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The jobs are bullshit. There’s no benefit to society if someone spends 40 hours doing telemarketing or filling out paperwork.

• josephcsible 5y ago
  Some of them might be, but a lot of them aren't. Look at all of the restaurants and stores that can't stay open because they can't find workers.
  • dorchadas 5y ago
    Those would be the perfect example of bullshit jobs. Erratic hours, no benefits, low pay. Yep, sounds like bullshit jobs to me.
    • defterGoose 5y ago
      You're redefining the term here. Yes, the employee might say "this is bullshit" to low pay and long hours, but the term "bullshit jobs" is meant to refer to jobs that have no tangible benefit to society. These jobs are typically mid level management type jobs that could be eliminated if not for our society's sense that managers are necessary. Cf. Arguments about the financialization of the economy and correlation of per capita lawyers in a society with that society's impending doom. Edit: oh, also healthcare in America. Very much healthcare in america.
    • UncleOxidant 5y ago
      If they didn't have erratic hours, provided benefits (or if we had universal healthcare) and paid a decent wage those restaurant and store jobs would at least have some meaning. Many people working at Facebook or Google making the big bucks often wonder if their work has any meaning - getting people emotionally charged so that they engage with your site doesn't ultimately have any meaning (it's even worse than that it's leading to societal trouble). But it pays really well so they keep at it.