The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019)

Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by BitwiseFool on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:41AM (#36357307)

>"If you work at a for-profit corporation, your job will be pointless, because the only reason it exists is to generate profits. It's as simple as that."

I certainly understand and can empathize with being jaded about corporate greed, but I don't follow your reasoning on this one. It implies the only jobs that are not pointless are those that don't generate profit?

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Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by Sohcahtoa82 on Friday June 16, 2023 @11:45AM (#36358584)

I think they're implying that the job is pointless to the worker.

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Re:The Riddle of the Well-Paying, Pointless Job (2019) by slothtrop on Friday June 16, 2023 @02:23PM (#36361350)

I don't think a worker's sentiments about a job are contingent on rationalization that the job's end result is useful/justified.

If you pressed a red button all day knowing that it would provide value or save lives, it would still "feel" meaningless.

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