>What you miss is that the people working the jobs themselves describe their own job as bullshit.
The author uses a very broad definition of bullshit, then pivots to their own personal view. You'll see this tactic in a lot of manipulative/dishonest content.
“a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence.”
Are the Internet, phones, cars, planes, processed food, restaurants, sporting areas, payroll, loans necessary? Many would argue that some of these are downright pernicious. It comes down to the evaluation and perspective of the employee, and thus is very much a feeling of bullshit, rather than a fact of bullshit - contrary to what the author argues. This is mostly a misinterpreted job satisfaction survey.
This person has no actual domain expertise, but instead they set out to confirm their mostly naive belief.
In the book he interviews several people who do almost nothing all day. That was my takeaway when I read it. It's not about jobs where the employee does not see their work as valuable to the organization.
The author uses a very broad definition of bullshit, then pivots to their own personal view. You'll see this tactic in a lot of manipulative/dishonest content.
“a form of paid employment that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, or pernicious that even the employee cannot justify its existence.”
Are the Internet, phones, cars, planes, processed food, restaurants, sporting areas, payroll, loans necessary? Many would argue that some of these are downright pernicious. It comes down to the evaluation and perspective of the employee, and thus is very much a feeling of bullshit, rather than a fact of bullshit - contrary to what the author argues. This is mostly a misinterpreted job satisfaction survey.
This person has no actual domain expertise, but instead they set out to confirm their mostly naive belief.