Re:A Review of Graeber's Essay on “Bullshit Jobs” (2013)
by loup-vaillant on Sunday March 15, 2015 @11:41AM
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> How profitable they are is the only measure that matters for a commercial enterprise.
Only if you're cynic to the core. If you follow that argument through (many do), then you would be okay with engaging in highly unethical (yet legal) behaviour.
> the world has settled on 35-40 hrs/week as being about the right balance.
If the criterion for "balance" is actually squeezing the most of your employees. Which works wonderfully mid term (1-2 years), but I wouldn't be so sure about long term (10-20 years), where time devoted to directed learning could compound to a significant a difference.
More importantly, though, if maximising your employer's benefits is your goal in life, something must be deeply wrong with you.
Only if you're cynic to the core. If you follow that argument through (many do), then you would be okay with engaging in highly unethical (yet legal) behaviour.
> the world has settled on 35-40 hrs/week as being about the right balance.
If the criterion for "balance" is actually squeezing the most of your employees. Which works wonderfully mid term (1-2 years), but I wouldn't be so sure about long term (10-20 years), where time devoted to directed learning could compound to a significant a difference.
More importantly, though, if maximising your employer's benefits is your goal in life, something must be deeply wrong with you.