If the company structure is too complex or too big and your actual impact is either hard to measure or is held back by the system or by colleagues, you have to

If the company structure is too complex or too big and your actual impact is either hard to measure or is held back by the system or by colleagues, you have to find a way to stay sane and find a tangential meaning in work. Funnily enough, this doesn't mean it is wasteful. It could turn out that it makes you put more energy in honing your skills, or perhaps you find a way to contribute to open source within your job. Neither are bad things. So I don't completely share the pessimistic outlook of the article.