Re:The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work
by shannifin on Sunday July 11, 2021 @12:23AM
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> Work time is labor time for me, and any amount of it is actively detracting from me being able to pursue the things that I do think have meaning.
Exactly, that's the problem. The article is not about not having enough work to do, it's about the work not having enough meaning to want to do it in the first place.
Re:The damaging effects of 'boreout' at work
by XorNot on Sunday July 11, 2021 @03:16AM
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Also the issue that generally you still need the job (because you need income) and more importantly, you need to ensure you have a usable reference from your time there.
Exactly, that's the problem. The article is not about not having enough work to do, it's about the work not having enough meaning to want to do it in the first place.