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Those would be the perfect example of bullshit jobs. Erratic hours, no benefits, low pay. Yep, sounds like bullshit jobs to me.
by 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 agoYou'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 agoIf 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.