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Bullshit Jobs: A Theory is a 2018 book by anthropologist David Graeber that postulates the existence of meaningless jobs and analyzes their societal harm. He contends that over half of societal work is pointless and becomes psychologically destructive when paired with a work ethic that associates work with self-worth .
A bullshit job or pseudowork [1] is meaningless or unnecessary wage labour which the worker is obliged to pretend to have a purpose. [2] Polling in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands indicates that around 40% of workers consider their job to fit this description.
Toxic workplaces are created by the actions of toxic employers or employees; that is, individuals who are motivated by personal gain, whether driven by power, money, fame, or special status, utilize unethical means or behaviors to psychologically manipulate, belittle, or frustrate those around them, or divert attention away from their personal inadequate performance or misdeeds.
Even if a person knows that their job is bad, they may probably still stick around for these reasons. #10. All 8 of them. Hated every minute of every job. 39 years, then retired. So happy now.
Though jobs are being added to the economy, the U.S. unemployment rate is holding strong at almost 10 percent and new jobs are still hard to come by. Six Ways You Are Making a Bad Job Worse Skip ...
High turnover often means that employees are dissatisfied with their jobs, especially when it is relatively easy to find a new one. [32] It can also indicate unsafe or unhealthy conditions, or that too few employees give satisfactory performance (due to unrealistic expectations, inappropriate processes or tools, or poor candidate screening).
A purple crocodile is now a metaphor for unhelpful officialdom in the Netherlands. A jobsworth is a person who uses the (typically small) authority of their job in a deliberately uncooperative way, or who seemingly delights in acting in an obstructive or unhelpful manner.
"McJob" was in use at least as early as 1986 — it appears in an article by sociologist Amitai Etzioni [3] — and the Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "[a]n unstimulating, low-paid job with few prospects, esp. one created by the expansion of the service sector." [4] Lack of job security is common.