Oh god, remember that study that got presented by news media as "debunking" Bullshit Jobs? They did it after he died so he couldn't fucking clown on them the same way he clowned on people criticziing Debt without actually having read Debt (for whatever reason there's some really dogshit reviews of Debt and watching Graber just cut loose and be a poster is a fucking delight, scroll down to the comments he's fucking gettin' in there). Just completely ignoring his definition of a bullshit job (not the fault of the study itself, as it predates Graeber's essays) and just assuming that "I believe my job provides value to the company" means anything at all like "I believe my job is socially necessary and useful." But they say shit like "oh but his book's still useful because it's important that workers feel valued" and try to recuperate it as some mindfulness and HR bullshit, as though the fundamental issue is that companies aren't communicating that they appreciate their employees enough.
Oh god, remember that study that got presented by news media as "debunking" Bullshit Jobs? They did it after he died so he couldn't fucking clown on them the same way he clowned on people criticziing Debt without actually having read Debt (for whatever reason there's some really dogshit reviews of Debt and watching Graber just cut loose and be a poster is a fucking delight, scroll down to the comments he's fucking gettin' in there). Just completely ignoring his definition of a bullshit job (not the fault of the study itself, as it predates Graeber's essays) and just assuming that "I believe my job provides value to the company" means anything at all like "I believe my job is socially necessary and useful." But they say shit like "oh but his book's still useful because it's important that workers feel valued" and try to recuperate it as some mindfulness and HR bullshit, as though the fundamental issue is that companies aren't communicating that they appreciate their employees enough.