Bullshit Jobs
A Theory

There are 2 huge categories of bullshit jobs, the once we already know about, representative jobs, bureaucrats, people working not even part of the time they are at the workplace, all those professions people tend to see as great if one is lazy, or as depressing if one wants to do something producti......more

This book is about how some jobs are worthless and don't need to exist. Perhaps this book itself is a good example of a worthless job that didn't need to be done and doesn't need to exist? I like David Graeber. His book "Debt" was phenomenal. The book, however, is far from his best. It expands on the......more

Economies around the world have, increasingly, become vast engines for producing nonsense. Reading this was cathartic. Like so many people, I, too, have experienced the suffering that is a useless job—a job that not only lacks any real benefit to society, but which also does not even benefit the......more

I've been carrying this book around my workplace for the past three weeks. I read it during lunch, coffee breaks, while walking (which seems to be a new, eccentric habit I've picked up, because 1. I do not want to engage in conversation and 2. It's safe within the campus, since vehicles (the very, v......more

I so appreciated this book for making me think hard about jobs and why they exist. David Graeber focuses Bullshit Jobs: A Theory on the origins and implications of bullshit jobs, or jobs that do not serve any real purpose in society. He does an excellent job describing how these jobs perpetuate capi......more