جمعه ۳۰ شهریور ۰۳ | ۱۸:۲۰ ۱۱ بازديد
who don’t seem to think of their jobs that way themselves. Again, no one has
done detailed comparative survey work in this regard, but I did notice certain
interesting patterns in my own data. I heard from only a smattering of lawyers
(though from a large number of legal aides), only two PR flacks, and not a single
lobbyist. Does this mean we have to conclude these are largely nonbullshit
occupations? Not necessarily. There are any number of other possible
explanations for their silence. For instance, perhaps fewer of them hang around
on Twitter, or maybe the ones that do are more inclined to lie.
I should add as a final note there was really only one class of people that not
only denied their jobs were pointless but expressed outright hostility to the very
idea that our economy is rife with bullshit jobs. These were—predictably enough
—business owners, and anyone else in charge of hiring and firing. (Tania appears
to be something of an exception in this regard.) In fact, for many years, I have
been receiving periodic unsolicited communications from indignant
entrepreneurs and executives telling me my entire premise is wrong. No one,
they insist, would ever spend company money on an employee who wasn’t
needed. Such communications rarely offer particularly sophisticated arguments.
Most just employ the usual circular argument that since, in a market economy,
none of the things described in this chapt
done detailed comparative survey work in this regard, but I did notice certain
interesting patterns in my own data. I heard from only a smattering of lawyers
(though from a large number of legal aides), only two PR flacks, and not a single
lobbyist. Does this mean we have to conclude these are largely nonbullshit
occupations? Not necessarily. There are any number of other possible
explanations for their silence. For instance, perhaps fewer of them hang around
on Twitter, or maybe the ones that do are more inclined to lie.
I should add as a final note there was really only one class of people that not
only denied their jobs were pointless but expressed outright hostility to the very
idea that our economy is rife with bullshit jobs. These were—predictably enough
—business owners, and anyone else in charge of hiring and firing. (Tania appears
to be something of an exception in this regard.) In fact, for many years, I have
been receiving periodic unsolicited communications from indignant
entrepreneurs and executives telling me my entire premise is wrong. No one,
they insist, would ever spend company money on an employee who wasn’t
needed. Such communications rarely offer particularly sophisticated arguments.
Most just employ the usual circular argument that since, in a market economy,
none of the things described in this chapt
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