num_pages: 335
description: From bestselling writer David Graeber a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless unfulfilling jobs and their consequences.Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013 David Graeber asked this question in a playful provocative essay titled On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs. It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages people all over the world are still debating the answer.There are millions of peopleHR consultants communication coordinators telemarketing researchers corporate lawyerswhose jobs are useless and tragically they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.Graeber explores one of societys most vexing and deeply felt concerns indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. Bullshit Jobs gives individuals corporations and societies permission to undergo a shift in values placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation.
language: English
title: Bullshit Jobs: A Theory
publisher: Simon & Schuster