I think OP is mixing up people who are not career driven (not sure how to better describe them) with bullshit jobs. OP is also conflating potentially dysfunctio

I think OP is mixing up people who are not career driven (not sure how to better describe them) with bullshit jobs. OP is also conflating potentially dysfunctional workplaces with bullshit jobs (possibly highly correlated but not the same). I can think of two pieces of advice. First, if this is important for you, obviously you need to find a less dysfunctional place to work. This might be another company or something else. You might also need to tune your expectations around dealing with "bullshit". Unless you are independently wealthy, you'll need someone to pay you for your work, and often this will mean dealing with stuff you might consider bullshit. Second, you don't need to justify anyone why you care about this. I have friends who don't care about their job at all, but I am very career driven. This lead to many arguments about different points of view. The epiphany came when I realized that it didn't matter and I don't have to justify myself to anyone. My friends would hate my lifestyle and I would hate theirs; that's fine, different people are wired differently and that's ok.