Businesses are in it for the money, employees tend to be one of the larger expenses, so maintaining some bullshit positions that would cost them money doesn’t make fiscal sense, so what’s up?

  • Izzy@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I think a lot of bullshit jobs exist because as a society we have decided that everyone absolutely has to work at a job in order to live. There isn’t enough work to be done for every single person to contribute so we have to invent work so we can pay people so they can make money to live in society.

    If some day we manage to implement a universal basic income then I think this will eliminate a lot of the problem.

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      1 year ago

      I’d have to disagree with this. Why would all companies just unilaterally agree to waste money so people can make a living. If that were the drive, they’d also pay thriving wages, etc.

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        1 year ago

        Why would all companies just unilaterally agree to waste money so people can make a living

        The motivations of the company are often very different to the motivations of senior staff within the company.

        Mid-level manager is obsessed with building his empire within the company. The bigger their division, the happier they are.

        Mid-level manager creates bullshit jobs and justifies them up the chain. “Our team is vital to the company and my staff is swamped. I need to increase my headcount”.

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        1 year ago

        Because the alternative is a bunch of hungry people with pitchforks and a large amount of free time.