Your Job Achieves Nothing... (probably) - How Money Works

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In the last century service jobs have gone from representing less than a quarter of all jobs to now representing nearly 80% of workers.
Now when we think of service jobs we think of people serving us coffee, finding a pair of pants from out the back, or carrying bags to our hotel room.
Sure they might be an unnecessary luxury for the people using these services but it’s still pretty easy to see that they do produce value, be it in the form of a nice cup of coffee, a flash new outfit, or promptly delivered luggage (without the need for a physio appointment the next day)
But you see the thing is the service sector is far more broad than the name implies it encompasses everybody from call center salespeople to CEO’s.
In fact it is quiet difficult these days to find a job outside of the service sector specifically because those roles require special certifications, remember that for later because it is important.
But the growth of the self-serving service sector, and the subsequent rise in bull jobs that came with it seems a bit odd.
Surely the efficient free market would weed out these individuals that are contributing nothing, punishing the companies that bear their salary expenses while rewarding the more efficient organizations that do without them… right?
#Careers #MyJobSucks #HowMoneyWorks

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[@DrPondsPizza]

Only if the title of the guy who wrote it is "bullsh*t newsletter writer"

[@lemonboiyoutube]

link is not working :/ u have a substack...?

[@MindBodySoulOk]

We can't sell each other pizzas forever

[@dinrash7613]

Maybe this is how future AI powered economy looks like. Most time doing nothing and educate yourself. But if something wrong happen and AI need correction will be able fast identify problem and fix it

[@moneymanjoe9639]

Best work title I ever had "Inventory and Transportation Coordiantor" I drove a forklift in a warehouse.

[@alexander8492]

business Jargon

[@21Arrozito]

Should've gone with "Death-Machine Wrangler"

[@warrickterry4742]

Underwater ceramic technician, dishwasher

[@malainfluencia126]

Project Coordinator... Call people to schedulle unwanted appointments.

[@caroladaechi8838]

@@warrickterry4742 😂 😂 😂

[@Emma-ex8gx]

I worked at a huge corporate company and I was low down on the ladder and actually doing the work. There were honestly about 8 levels of management above me and I have no idea what any of them actually did apart from have infinite zoom meetings to talk about the work that me and 3 others were doing

[@themeanmachine84]

The issue here was lack of proper communication and - unfortunately - this is quite common in big companies. The issue is not that you had "8 levels of management" but that you did not have information about what each of those levels does. And trust me, they usually do quilte a lot. But I know from my own experience that I will probably not be able to explain it to you because it's hard to believe until you are in that position. Once you are at this management level, then you'll see really fast how perspective changes. Trust me on that.

[@tintunbirha]

🤣🤣🤣🤣. This was so hilarious because as an engineer I remember similar situation when we had breakdowns. All the managers from project manager to General managers would come and watch 2or 3 of us work to rectify the problem especially in off working hours. They would stay late in the night till the problem was rectified. All their wives ( mine included)would discuss how hard working they are and without whom the plant would collapse the next day.🤣🤣🤣

[@googane7755]

@@tintunbirha I also work as an engineer too and I think it's very common in many technical fields where the entire 8 layers of management has zero clue what's going on and just waits until the problem gets fixed by like 4 people. It's a fucking joke.

[@spliter88]

@@themeanmachine84 Can't tell if this is a comment from a middle manager desperately trying to validate his job without actually doing so or you're just parodying a middle manager doing that.

[@themeanmachine84]

@@spliter88 well, I would be very happy to tell and show you what exactly my job is, what my responsibilities are (and how my work is being measured), how my every day looks like and then let you do it for a week by yourself and I'd be really happy to see how it goes :) Because unlike people like yourself, I actually know what I am suppose to do, what is expected from me and my job and how to make it done. And here I see a lot of bad cases of either people who are bad at their jobs or people who actually don't even understand what their job is about. And those are the ones that using this video try to validate their thinking that it was the job that was useless, not them. Well sorry to break it to you but I will call your BS anyday.

[@crenfick7750]

I'm a therapist. So much of my meaningful work is mitigating the mental turmoil caused by this system of meaningless work.

[@_sudipidus_]

Looks like it's working on your favor 😜

[@joao3547]

Also a therapist, and the fact that most people would stop NEEDING therapy if not for these shitty slave jobs is making me reconsider my profession. It's not worth it.

[@ant9347]

@@joao3547 that's not exactly true tho, many mental health problems arise from abuse or things that person can't control (clinical depressions for example ) Therapists are needed

[@lamingtongirl123]

I was hoping a therapist would be here and comment lol

[@jeroenverschaeve3090]

@@ant9347 Or, you know, being a human. The ability to self-reflect has serious drawbacks, and psychologists can help with those ^^

[@Ironsja11]

I was a high tech machinist for 22 years, then for a change went to work in an office. The amount of people that do nothing was and is staggering to me. You can't un see things like that. Now whenever I see a city I picture the buildings full of people doing nothing. I went back to being a machinist and I love it.

[@iamoctonate]

I think part of it is the inefficiency of the structure. I recent changed jobs from working in a boat yard to an office city job, and I find myself twiddling my thumbs a lot of the time because all of my supervisors are waiting on each other to finish tasks which aren't getting done because they have meetings with each other about the action items that need to get done in order to complete the tasks that they will pass onto each other which will then get passed down to me before I send them back up the chain. You get the idea. Coming from a job where I wouldn't stop moving around and have an endless list of things that NEEDED to get done, I hate it. I hate the feeling of being unproductive. I worry what will happen if there are layoffs. There is no job security because there isn't a constant and secure pattern of work. Like there are weeks where there aren't enough hours in the day, but then I'll have weeks where I'll ping one of the 8 different supervisors I report to and they have nothing and I'm just like -_- The only good thing about it is that on days I work from home I spend the time I would otherwise spend twiddling my thumbs, working on my own business. But at the end of the day, I want to be productive and actually feel like I am offering value and I'm not sure that the current office job structure is conducive to that.

[@NazriB]

Lies again? Ridiculous modules lead to jobs without profits

[@greglane501]

Wait, why would you do that? Wouldn't that be a party cut?

[@Diggler569]

Usually the person who claims that others who are doing nothing are the one who don't usually do shit.

[@the_expidition427]

@@Diggler569 Am able to confirm office workers sit and spin in a chair while watching youtube. See Twitter cutting 80% of its staff whether it went smoothly or not isn't the point what the point is, is that it worked

[@AdhocHoopla]

The bureaucracy must expand to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

This is a hilariously honest but depressing way to put it

[@_Circus_Clapped_]

more like bureaucracy needs to be cut down, plus the fact that government funds these failing companies is enough reflection on what they are too. free market actually does work, problem is the government chooses all the losers instead of the winners in certain industries actual solutions are produced by producers/manufacturers and shut down by government lobbies threatened by it

[@andreaslind6338]

@@_Circus_Clapped_ it's almost like the failing companies use the government as a goon to beat up on the good companies, thus necessitating the good companies to hire lobbyists, box tickets and corporate lawyers to defend themselves, thus becoming bloated themselves.

[@meatybtz]

@@_Circus_Clapped_ If it moves, tax it. If it still moves, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it. American Socialistic-NotReallyCapitalist Society. The USA has never actually been a "free market". All of the "robber barons" except, I think one, all got their big break via that wonderful subsidized GOVERNMENT CHEESE (rail, oil, canal building, WAR Materials). Most businesses today simply cannot compete in an actual free market. Especially the "dinosaurs", also known as Big Tech. The smaller more agile companies could out innovate and produce product that sells itself. The large multinational sells product no one wants or needs or product that is so inferior it needs "influencers" and government regulation to prevent a smaller more agile company from making a better product and knocking them completely out of the market. Think "Flip", "KZbin", "Go Pro", and many, many others that got bought up and just turned into a money milking machine as the product degrades and degrades but there is no competition so, no problem.

[@spuriouseffect]

One in six employed people work for the Government. Let that sink in. Ruling class?

[@carsheaven]

I was promoted to be a manager and was berated for not delegating all my work to the employees under me. So that’s exactly what I did, and now do literally nothing. I keep getting raises so I must be doing my job 👍🏻

[@erniebuchinski3614]

Yeah, I'm nearing retirement (in Northern Europe - it's the same here) and at every place I've ever worked, the most shameless milkers in the organisation are always the managers. It's funny how that works, huh? Enjoy your milk run and your raises! ;-)

[@warthog473]

Livin' the dream.

[@doraemonpawnz]

I thought I would be the same after I got promoted, just lazily enjoying my day while delegating all my tasks to my subordinates. And then I was tasked to manage 3 different divisions to deliver 2 projects on top of supervising my own department for another project, and be the fall guy when shit went haywire. Middle management level can be heaven or hell depending on your workplace

[@Yoctopory]

And towards the end of your life you'll be looking back, asking yourself: Was it worth it?

[@carsheaven]

@@Yoctopory ~ This is one small blip on the timeline of my life. I’m not the type to work an unfulfilling job for long.

[@mynamejeb8743]

i was working in a Real Estate Company where the Sales team consists of: 1. Sales Associate 2. Sales Team Leader 3. Sales Manager 4. Exec Sales Manager they all do the same job.

[@superheaton]

I think it is easier to see things with a third person view. Like for a customer/client, it really doesn't matter just if they get someone competent enough to get their property sold or find them the property they were looking for.

[@kleinmoretti5385]

@ladawg81 Severe 8th grade syndrome. wt f

[@namelessmonster4857]

Not really the responsibilities are kinda different! Well as long as jobs paying me good I'll do it

[@zakaria_chana]

And let me guess, don't get paid the same.

[@kingal89]

Sells reps paid on commission almost always make more than sales managers. Sales team leaders are just senior sales reps essentially. If going into sales make sure to always be paid a decent base with unlimited commission potential. If you are on a fixed salary and in sales you have already lost. With companies that handle bigger accounts you will have someone in charge of sales for an entire territory. These people are highly paid because they oversea an entire region and will typically be brought in to close the biggest corporate accounts in that region but are hands off the day to day selling.

[@fonkyfesh-old]

I went on a date once with this corporate career woman who spent 15 minutes explaining her job. I still have no idea what she did.

[@jeffallen8026]

Useless Corp. job for sure and hope she was a one and done date for you 😉

[@gabrielminville]

What about the bedroom?

[@kantraxoikol6914]

because you weren't listening obviously

[@juleslefumiste9204]

I spent 15 minutes reading your comment and still have no idea what you wanted to say

[@pedroantoniodacruzferreira1487]

@@juleslefumiste9204 I laughed hard about your comment...probably more than I should have! 😂😂😂😂

[@meredithwhite5790]

The obsession with having people work their entire shift discourages efficiency. If you complete a task faster than others and run out of things to do, others will hold it against you and think you are lazy/ slacking off if they see you on social media or doing a non-work task. And they sure as hell won't reward you for your efficiency by letting you leave early.

[@Ben-iz9ud]

My job gives bonuses for more work complete than expected. But it's all factored into a group and everyone gets the same bonus. Unless they missed x amount during the qtr. Usually works out to about 4k a year in bonuses.

[@tomlxyz]

The problem is that rewarding being fast creates an incentive to be as fast as possible on the measurable parts and ignore the hard to measure parts. Like maybe you're doing a lot of faster to complete work instead of making anything substantial or ignore long time effects that aren't accounted for. Plus there's things like burn outs from trying to get ever faster

[@UmbraWeiss]

There are days when i do nothing for 6hours exactly because of this reason.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

@@Ben-iz9ud Well really it's a quota that's disguised as an unsetitive yeah all right so they might give you a bonus for it, but a lot of places they want to divide that bonus amongst what eight people or more so at the end of the day you're completing $200 worth of work but you're lucky if you see 20 to $25 of that!

[@Ben-iz9ud]

@@American-Motors-Corporation it's not really a "quota" as there's no way that they can accurately guarantee what work people did is what they say they did. It's an incentive to work harder or to be better at bullshiting your paperwork.

[@zacmiles5342]

I deliver pizza to people. I put a smile on their face when I bring their food. As an ex-junkie , that's good enough for me.

[@stef422]

Good job man!

[@Serthys]

Nice man! Good to hear that you overcame your demons and at the same time find joy in what you are doing!

[@sirwizzard4649]

Overcoming addiction can be tough, I'm glad you pulled through!

[@naqshchaudhry2299]

youre doing amazing, i love pizza

[@LonelyCinderella123]

It's kinda funny though because many of your customers are addicted to junk food.

[@adityamishra8497]

I worked at a tech startup. They got funding and after 2 year they increased their staff to around 170 people, most of them were in sales, marketing and Quality assurance. I worked there as an engineer. Most of the people there I saw just chit chatting, roaming around, planning weekend trips etc. Then the company had funding issue and the reduced the staff to around 30 people. with only 30 people everything was working as It was with 170+ staff.

[@JinMeowsoon]

A lot of scaling startups fall into this trap: they hire a bunch of people without a clear plan and run up of tasks to give them. A least in your case they hired a lot of salespeople, they really help growing the business (at least they’re supposed to). The worse is when they scale 10x the Product team but after a year the product is satisfying enough there’s only minor corrections to do. So the PMs are more or less asked to come up with busy work to occupy the team…

[@reboundrides8132]

Netflix had a similar issue and when they reduced their staff by over 50% they actually got more productive. They found out that by keeping the best employees and laying off the undesirable ones they actually got better work out of their employees. Now that is a big part of their business model, they would rather have one person who knows what they are doing, rather than 10 mediocre workers.

[@DunnsDayDash]

@adityamishra8497 You Indians really need to look up what an engineer actually is. There is a difference between a IT professional, Software Developer, and Engineer. I apologize if my comment sounds racist, but the fact of the matter is, Indians are literally the only people that call software development “engineering”. Actual engineers require a state license. If you don’t have one, you’re definitely not an engineer.

[@Super_Stan]

Technically its a great start

[@garybulwinkle82]

This is the way Washington DC works!! When Democrats get in they hire more people to sit around and get paid big bucks; oh and of course vote Democrat!! This is why our Government is so bloated!!!!

[@Nattherat64]

I have a friend and his Dad wasn't properly inducted on his first day at this wearhouse job he got out of school. So he wandered around for a year with a clipboard looking annoyed and busy and no one asked who he was and what he was doing. The man got paid for an entire year doing nothing but walking around.

[@arguy_4420]

Nice

[@hustlegrind2642]

King

[@exeggcutertimur6091]

lmao that's ficken hilarious!

[@meyerjac]

So he was a manager. That's what managers do.

[@joecurran2811]

What about after the year did he leave?

[@Basta11]

Ironically, the higher up I go, the less I do.

[@Hoffmanpack]

The more I got fired the higher my wages got and the jobs got easier. 3times 😆

[@mrdoot0730]

the higher you go, the more money you have to get people to do your shit

[@invijr]

@@mrdoot0730 not entirely true, usually It's because lower position roles needs to work more to prove or fill their worth, while higher roles already have their advantage or worth to their organisation

[@unknowninfinium4353]

@@Hoffmanpack How?

[@TL-rh1lf]

@@invijr Say that too all the low positions that work their ass off and never move up.

[@TheItalianoAssassino]

My friend works an office job only during the summer, where he could theoretically do the work of 8 hours in 4 hours or even less. He is not allowed to do anything else at the office and supposed to work at the exact pace so that he isn't done before 8 hours, even if that means working extremely slowly and just looking busy. It really is absurd.

[@Indoor_Carrot]

That's better than my previous jobs where I was given the work of 3 people and threatened with reporting if I didn't keep up with the unfair demand. Meanwhile other people did barely anything. If I mentioned to a manager "Hey why doesn't he have to do this?" the manager would tell me to "Stop being lazy" and "Stop complaining. This is your job!"

[@xrunner55]

@Thomas B My salaried job is like that. Boss needs to see a butt in the seat.

[@lizardman1303]

Oh that’s so sad he doesn’t have to work hard

[@khiem500]

No company ever expect their employee to be 100% efficient unless you’re Amazon warehouse. It’s so that people don’t overwork and burn out like Amazon warehouse.

[@gscurd75]

The post office is like that. If you work too fast, then others get upset because you make them look bad and they don't get as many overtime hours during rush seasons.

[@ОлегБочаров-щ8к]

It's wild how ineffective our society is. Something that always surprised me. Theoretically we should be able to massively improve our lifes and future just by fixing obvious flaws, but after closer study you always find our society does not function as a rational structure, it's more akin to a rat king. There are always stupid reasons why it's impossible to fix stupid problems

[@HeavyMetalNerd]

True...🤔

[@varmastiko2908]

The reason is you're looking at things from the wrong perspective. Society is not supposed to be effective. It's supposed to maintain the balance of power. A key element of power is management of money and wealth. It's necessary for the maintenance of balance for jobs to be needed for survival of the worker. The job doesn't have to be productive. It just has to be a requirement of survival.

[@zachariahhowell4342]

​@@varmastiko2908this is the most revolutionary / out there reply, but it's somewhat true, especially for the well paying bullshit jobs like various levels of management. Those jobs are also a "reward" for either staff who have indeed worked hard or simply for folks with the right connections and education.

[@donsolos]

Yes it's called greed and corruption. The things humanity could accomplish with just a pinch more cohesiveness

[@misspat7555]

@@varmastiko2908Somebody watched “Rules for Rulers”… 😏

[@NAUTXIX]

“Looking busy” is why people prefer home-working.

[@NegatingSilence]

Which is also why management wants everyone back in the office--it makes it obvious when you aren't contributing something.

[@iWaBaFET]

Looking busy is an easy task to perform with a little practice ots not hard

[@thomasquinn8500]

Spot on

[@whoome1638]

@@NegatingSilence if the job gets done then you have contributed. I hated that shit at my last job. People wanted power and spoke to us with no respect. Most of us quit and got calls back within 4 months. Nope

[@Nierez]

Oh yeah the never ending sweeping the store front to look busy.

[@AgentSmith911]

There's a story from China where a local politician demanded more jobs, so the construction engineers fired the excavator driver and hired twenty people to use shovels instead. Then the next year the local politician demanded even more jobs, so they hired two hundred new workers and gave them spoons instead of shovels.

[@imperialgaurd7378]

Let me guess. Its inevitable.

[@JavoCover]

@@imperialgaurd7378 Only when I read your comment I realized it has Smith's picture as profile. 😆

[@David-lr2vi]

@@imperialgaurd7378 Mister Anderson.

[@tylerlaquinta2996]

Fuck i really hope that's just a metaphor

[@tz9707]

Nah man, it should be more like destroying the roads or buildings constructed years ago and build a new one with more people. More jobs into the market and more money into the pockets of local politicians. “Win win” situation

[@BoatLoadsofDope]

That's why i love being a worker, And being a smith. After you're done, there is a product in front of you, that personal satisfaction of seeing something you built, and know it's gonna be in use for 20+ years is a nice feeling.

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

Yeah but how about knowing that for all of your effort your receiving less than 5% of the on the market value for that product? Or are you really that much of a job worshiping moron?

[@American-Motors-Corporation]

@@BoatLoadsofDope well I'll be sure to alert the press!!

[@danielsteger8456]

@@American-Motors-Corporation you have a problem with working or what?

[@khash-erdeneotgonbat3757]

Wth is wrong with this dulango guy lmao, why is he so mad?

[@theinceptor3672]

@@American-Motors-Corporation Dude gotta be mad just cuz someone enjoys his job.

[@duitk]

I am an electrical engineer, I design the power and lighting systems for new construction and retrofits. Anything from apartment buildings to hospitals. It's quite all right, well paid and I can see the fruits of my labor go up from the ground, one of my projects, a pair of high rise apartment buildings is almost finished a block away from where I live. I am lucky to have a job that gives me life satisfaction.

[@Jonathan-qz1sw]

I've worked in healthcare for 16 years, and in that short time I saw the amount of administrative staff become larger than actual care staff at the small hospital I used to work at...and that was five years ago.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

I worked in healthcare investment banking for a while. Administrative costs are super high. Often times that's a hospital executive though, and there's a lot of administrative nonsense as well.

[@dogoftheg]

I worked a small town hospital that has more administration staff than RNs. Guess who’s more useful and underpaid? Guess who is useless and paid too much?

[@dirus3142]

@@HowMoneyWorks I guess the question is, what exactly are these different administration jobs doing? There has to be some administration to make the system work, with a little redundancy when people get sick, or there is an emergency.

[@dangitjacques5133]

Bedside RN here. The hospital I work at had a lot of administrative staff for the size of the hospital. 2020 comes along and quite a few administrators got furlough and the ones still around now have to manage more than one unit. And no more unit educators.

[@timothyotten8744]

@@HowMoneyWorks any idea what caused this? It's a relatively new phenomena in the US and the same scenario has played out in higher Ed.

[@UnknownSquid]

A different but perhaps related thing that always drives me nuts, is the "look busy" mentality. I had this very simple low end factory job once. Feed materials into machine, close machine, wait 3 minutes, open machine to extract product. Just that on repeat for 12 hours, zero nuance or variation. Sounds bad enough as is, but the part that made it truly unbearable, was the needless asshole taskmaster I had supervising me. He insisted that all workers be standing and "looking busy" at all times. Even though my job was effectively 75% just watching a microwave count down, if he caught me daring to lean or sit on anything whilst I waited for it, he'd bark from across the room to get up. He didn't care if I loaded and unloaded the machine at a third of the pace, so long as it looked like I was moving. A short way into the job, I started taking in sudoku puzzles or other similar things, and would put them on a clip board. Would just stand there with a pen scribbling at them, or even doing doodles, writing short stories in a coded alphabet, etc. He never paid any mind to that despite how my job description had no such duties to note down anything on a clipboard. I didn't stay long at that job, but most of it was spent trying to find methods to pass the time in three minute bursts that would allow me to pretend I was doing something. That, and also precisely studying and memorising the supervisors patrol habits. (Weird thing is, I've done other factory jobs where the supervisors were both practically minded and vital to the operation. But this particular guy at this particular factory was just atrocious. His only purpose in the building seemed to be to sabotage it.)

[@ssjwes]

Yeah those kind of guys kill the work environment and ultimately the production which they are tasked with increasing. I work in a machine shop with CNCs and we have the opposite problem. More people sitting around than standing at their machines. I stand all day because it's better for me and I don't want to get sleepy. I also like staying busy because the day goes by quicker. Even if the "busy" is meaningless to my overall production. I like making the place look clean.

[@wormfood868]

My guess is that he was well aware that you had an unnecessary job (from your description, it's the definition of something that should be automated) and lived in fear of his manager realizing that his unnecessary job was managing unnecessary employees. You needed to look busy to justify your job, which justified his job.

[@BABATMAN95]

Honestly this is one of the funniest things I've ever read

[@Jadty]

Spoiler alert: Their job is also bullshit and this behavior was him “looking busy”.

[@endorsedbryce]

Thankfully never had to deal with this. Worked in a call center, on peak hours it could be back to back calls for 5-10 hours. but when calls where light (holiday's weekends late night or whatever.) Literally none cared that 15-30 employees had obviously moved their office chairs into the middle of the room to sit in the bullshit circle and turn back to their desk once every 30 miniatures to take a call. Nice vibe honestly. Any other job I've worked, I've been so absurdly actually busy that I've never need even think about pretending to be busy.

[@randomman2588]

When I was able to work from home I found that I could get a whole day's worth of progress done within 2-3 hours. Why? Because I wasn't busy attending pointless meetings or having to cater to incompetent co-workers. I was able to spend my time cleaning the house, going for a jog or a walk, sleeping and eating well, and more. The company didn't lose a dime, but I gained a healthy lifestyle.

[@bullymaguire9156]

If you don't mind me asking, what do you do for a living?

[@itstayayg193]

How much are you getting paid?

[@grouchy88]

the playtime of animal crossing skyrocketed for a friend of mine during the covid home office hight due to all the bs online meetings she 'had' to attend. 2-3 hours every other days wasted for nothing. but well, at least she was entertained and payed for sitting around

[@formidablity]

Absolutely the same for me! Working from allowed me to finish my work in usually half the time or less, to the same quality, and I was much happier and healthier for it. One of the main reasons why I’m not allowed to work from home? Because they need to keep us at the office to justify the cost of renting it.

[@GreatGranger]

At least in the office you could get away from the system in WFH people are constantly calling on Teams it's hell

[@deathrowinmate28]

I am a marine biologist running an aquarium shop. Everyone looks down on me. Im the brunt of everyones jokes. My father in law (retried truckie) tells me in front of Everyone i do "dickheads work". As a biologist selling aquariums and farming live coral, i never imagined id be so ashamed of what i do. My next door neighbour is a drug dealer and taunts me at every opportunity. Ive been breeding aquarium fish for 42 years and was hoping to use my experience to help other people have success in the hobby. My siblings are accountants and i feel so inadequate next to them. I love my job and all my employees and customers, that keeps me going.

[@mircopaul5259]

Don't listen to them, it sounds like a great job to me!

[@marco7563]

Nah you are cool and passionate and they are jealous af lol

[@Percutien]

My time working as a server at this Chinese restaurant really sets some differences when compared to more westernized restaurants. The manager was working alongside us and pointing out our mistakes(not very friendly but fine by me), substituted for people who have emergencies, did paper works, and etc. Basically instead of working a single job, he just goes wherever that needs him, this is the type of managers I think really should receive more pay/praise.

[@AirplaneBandit]

A manager who teaches and fills in for responsibilities as they come is invaluable. I'd rather work for a gruff boss who isn't afraid to walk the walk to help their team than a boss who gives the warm and fuzzies without contributing anything productive to our workload or workspace.

[@Tt-dr2ld]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWnQoZunbZWpaac Gregory Mannarino on KZbin

[@chickenpuncher1674]

Theyre called a "working chief" apparently, also foreign people can be very direct, its great in a lot of ways.

[@ethantang6282]

I think most small restaurants operate this way

[@1370802]

Nowadays almost every restaurant is like that because of the labor shortage. If the managers don’t do that, there’s nobody else to do it.

[@yod4166]

a lot of people complain about robots stealing people’s jobs but imo if a job is so repetitive and robotic that a robot can do it, that was never a suitable job for a human.

[@Zimboprenuer]

True

[@night7185]

what job is human? if machines can do everything better, drive better, think faster and smarter, faster reaction time, never gets tired, etc

[@jadenpark7943]

ok.... before robots are fully invented and put out in the market, who will do those jobs?

[@yod4166]

@@night7185 to an extent. the jobs that feel fulfilling don’t require you to be the fastest or strongest

[@andrasfogarasi5014]

@@night7185 Human jobs are of 2 categories: 1. Jobs requiring significant dexterity. You can't expect a robot to be able to build all bridges. You could make a robot build one specific bridge very well, but unless you want to build the same bridge over and over again, that robot is a waste of resources. Every bridge except maybe small footbridges is unique. Therefore, until we can 3D print millions of tons of steel and concrete, their construction cannot be automated. 2. Jobs requiring problem solving. Science, art, programming, repair, medicine, engineering, management (the useful kind), etc. Computers might be able to help in all of these fields, but until artificial general intelligence, they cannot replace humans.

[@mainpage725]

I'm a wastewater operator, I quite literally deal with shit on a daily basis and I love it...I have job security for the rest of my life.

[@ratulxy]

How does one operate waste water?

[@test-xn3lm]

Yes everyone got to poo 💩 it’s the law 😂😂😂

[@jonw1235]

What if people of the future stop pooping?

[@ratulxy]

@@jonw1235 poop gets reabsorbed by the body, interesting.

[@NextStop2030]

Oh how I do not miss delivering polymer to the round houses.

[@supersizecoke]

Covid was an eyeopener. When people i knew or were familiar with started working from home i saw their true workload. Some had 1-2h of work and some were just on "standby" waitng for calls. Pretty much everyone were playing videogames all day, playing with their kids, renovating their houses, started new hobbies and did house chores. All while being paid full. This was a real punch in the face as I and many others actually have to be on site for 9h each day 5 days a week.

[@Opa_Joke]

Bruh im an electrician and work at construction sites

[@richsamuel2922]

And some people got other jobs and worked two jobs concurrently.

[@C63Bez]

@@richsamuel2922I’m curious do you have more info?

[@anemicsilence]

👍👍👍

[@blank_line]

Both my parents are doctors, and I myself am in med uni, so covid really showed who was actually working. While everyone was working on glowing up or picking up a new hobby, our family's life continued as it was before the pandemic started. But we were so stressed all the time And those people sitting at home were getting paid so much more as well. Idk anymore. Is it even worth working that hard?

[@mfn1311]

I heard that hotels having a door man actually made people more likely to choose that hotel, and just them being there made the hotel more money than they were worth.

[@toddpick8007]

keep trash out too.

[@MalharJani]

Yeah , they lost 1 Billion $ when they(all the hotels) removed door mans

[@josejaimeceja3979]

This reminds me of the Tv show 'The office' when Andy, the manager leaves for 3 months just so he can sell his family's boat and meanwhile the Office achieves record sales and Performance :)

[@bhaskarjyotimazumdar1443]

They proved him as useless.

[@arricammarques1955]

Bad managers, bloody hell.

[@partypete2542]

Don't forget the part where corporate then sends him a bonus check for doing so well that quarter and the workers have to give it to him even though like you said he wasn't even there.

[@josejaimeceja3979]

@@partypete2542 lmao, forgot about that part. Thanks for the reminder man!

[@DavidBrocekArt]

Saddest thing is that most of us "normal" people, just don't have a choice to be philosophical about our jobs. Meaningful or not, we just have to make money to feed our families. So it is not only the evil corporations, but it is also us, people taking these jobs. Because we just have to.

[@trunksgainz5742]

I feel the same. Perfectly worded.

[@jesussandoval9843]

Where I’m from a 9-5 is a blessing and even more if you get paid $70,000+. I always see influencers leaving them like it’s soo bad, imagine not having food on the table Karen/Emily. People don’t understand the struggle we have to go through as blue collar workers or similar just to be alive.

[@megsley]

yes I'm a little tired of the attitude "your job is pointless and evil" like thanks that's great but I have bills to pay. but I guess instead of actually making things better it's easier for youtubers to wag their fingers thru slickly edited videos 🤷‍♀️

[@martmart.]

we're perfect for a cyberpunk-corporatocracy future

[@MrSupernova111]

@@jesussandoval9843 . In cities like San Francisco, New York, and Boston with anything less than $100,00 you're not going to live in the city because you won't be able to afford. Median apartment rent prices range between $3,500 and $4,000 per month!

[@Nikx012]

I'm a doctor. Just last night I've saved 3 lives. This vid made me appreciate my existence

[@reboundrides8132]

The guy above you delivers pizza and used to use drugs and has 4.2 thousand likes lol

[@Nikx012]

Unfortunately for you. I dont care about likes from people that i dont care about. Just my actual salary 😂 is important ​@@reboundrides8132

[@joshy2joshy]

It's always good to do things that agree and reaffirm your sense of self.

[@Nikx012]

@@reboundrides8132 unlike you. I dont care about likes and what people actually think of me on the Internet. What's more important is my bank balance at the end of the month😅

[@Cuetzpallincihuatl]

❤!

[@ghostinthebox]

One of the best changes I ever did, for my mental health, was change jobs. I had been working at an IT call center. 10 hour shifts, bad pay, and miserable conditions. At the end of the day I'd log off the call switch and desktop, and stare at a blank screen, having accomplished nothing I could look at. Now, im using the equipment operating skills I learned in my time as an Army Reservist, working at a literal gold mine. At the end of the day I can see physical changes to the world around me, that I did. I know what the end goal is, and I can see progress towards it. Sure, shifts are now longer for me, 12.5 hour shifts, and I'm just as isolated, alone in a dozer cab as opposed to alone in a cubicle, but for me, the sense of accomplishment makes this life sustainable.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

Good for you on doing that. Often, changing routines in life makes you happier. I'm glad you found something that you enjoyed and feel like you're contributing something. And thanks for making my day!

[@jonathantan2469]

For me, my job is a lot of back-end taskmastering & duct-taping on rail projects for mining and public transit. Even automated cloud-based systems need people to manage & set them up.

[@ShadeandShadow4ever]

Obviously it can get tiring. But I do think that customer service people, at least the ones who know that they are doing, are useful. There are way too many idiots in customer service (Spectrum) and I'm on the phone thinking "Who HIRED this IDIOT!??" One of them even messed up my account and the nice person after fixed it and I was one the phone for an hour and a half!! All because the idiot refused to transfer me to a competent person even after I asked 3 times and I didn't want to wait 40 minutes to talk to another person if I hung up. Also what is with the mandatory dial 5 options to get to customer service stuff?

[@perryanderson5642]

I'll say this much, it's Not Good for your Health to have an Overbearing boss or a job that's too Stressful. Saying that, if you have accomplished some things in Life ( such as own your own House- mine is because of my Dad) then a job that might be considered BS, but pays you decent money not Great, might be tolerable to do and take Alot of stress out of your Life.

[@kazansky22]

Yea, I used to be a press operator forming automotive parts, operating heavy machinery, cranes, presses ect... It was the most fulfilling job I've ever had. Now I work in an air traffic control tower, I sit in a room by myself all day talking on a radio worrying about death constantly. The best part is the pay isn't even that much better lol.

[@libextremist]

My project manager was a task master. Most of the time he did nothing but making our work a lot more complicated and redundant.

[@Angry-Lynx]

Interestingly I just left company where dev team was "self-managed" and it was my the worst professional experience. Manager would actually help a lot in that company. But mostly just because team was managed by art director which isnt good fit for PM

[@wesleyrm]

Studying engineering, I see a lot of bullshit. I am practical. Makes me rage to reminisce about it lol. It's like people strive to be inefficient. And the assholes who make things worse are proud of themselves. They expect respect too. Universities are shameful institutions. But this goes on into the workforce too... I wish the free market could weed out the bullshitting ones due to their inefficiency lol

[@RolopIsHere]

There needs to be a balance and flexibility.

[@christiancanty2036]

A good product manager is a massive boost to a team of developers. A bad one is worse than having no manager at all

[@libextremist]

@@christiancanty2036 True. My direct supervisor is the one I consider to be the real manager. He actually know what he was doing.

[@vanrex7682]

I once was working in a mall and literally had to “go sort the shoe boxes “ every time I was done with my “logistic work“, which was already bs itself (unpacking stuff and putting it into new boxes 😂). I’d have to go into the shoe aisle and start sorting the boxes according to the sizes. And here comes the funny part, once I was finished the customers would have already mixed up everything again and the fun to sort them all would start again… and again… I once had to do that sht for 2 hours…. Like 2 hours basically squatting in a stupid shopping mall aisle doing nothing but moving shoe boxes around… Thank goodness it was just a part time job while I was studying in college, but still… that was fked up.

[@hybbfr727]

At least you got paid

[@TagGeorge]

That actually sounds useful to me. Maybe aggravating and never ending and without respect from the customers and management alike but useful. Otherwise the customers would get fed up with the mess and leave without a purchase.

[@phyvo]

@@TagGeorge Yeah I worked in a children's library in high school and as annoying as it was to constantly pick up all the books kids pulled off the shelves it never felt pointless because if no one cleaned up then nobody could find anything.

[@naveennandigum8630]

During covid in 2020 I volunteered at place unpacking medical supplies from boxes counting them, and putting them into new boxes and labeling the new boxes. I went a few times and then said to myself this is bullshit and stopped.

[@donsolos]

I'm not gonna lie you sound pathetic

[@JD-ph6kp]

I knew a guy who worked with servers. He found a way to automate his job by creating a script that does everything for him. His employer found out and wanted him to give them the script so they could fire him. He never gave them the script and just left the job lol

[@_Cypher__]

That guy is a gigachad lmao

[@pantherman8719]

Smart man.

[@t1234-q5z]

I had a sub employer that wanted me to give her one of my scripts i told her to no and she been passive aggressive since

[@nxxiv436]

Copy paste comment

[@aaronbradburn3281]

@@t1234-q5z u should charge them money for the script , people have whole careers based on this

[@Omega_Prime7]

A wise person told me "Many people have something to do in life while a few people actually have a purpose in life."

[@alexbarcovsky4319]

I wonder if UBI would allow more people to find their purpose.

[@jimbomacgee3499]

@@alexbarcovsky4319 I feel like it would only work if you already have the drive for self-improvement . If you're someone that's already deep in purposelessness, perhaps additional money would most likely just further fuel your emptiness. Kind of like giving a homeless drug addict money, they are probably just gonna buy more drugs with it instead of actually seek therapy or help. The drive for purpose in life is actually, surprisingly, free.

[@alexbarcovsky4319]

@@jimbomacgee3499 I think everyone has a drive for purpose, but we slowly lose it as we get older, when we are forced and almost convinced to do things we despise. I wouldnt say it would necesarily restore purpose to the very bottom of society, but it would allow the rest to find it.

[@aoeu256]

@@alexbarcovsky4319 Reducing the work hours to 30 might help...

[@AgrestisAnima]

I worked in a bakery. A lot of people look down on us, but they don't realize that you can have easy jobs "like this" and still live a decent life. Like yeah, I COULD study and get like a masters in engineering or something, but I don't want to. Some people hear what my job is and think this defines my entire life. Work is work. And if I can go home after six hours a day and chill I'm happy.

[@bennyceca]

Only pretentious people look down at bakers etc, the rest of us appreciate it. Lots of jobs are under appreciated, especially if it means you get stuck in. New generation seem more interested in being "influencers" than anything else.

[@Footballfan-rj1gf]

If your job makes you proud, then do it. Don't give a shit to others opinion

[@frankchen4229]

can u hit me up with some sourdough?

[@shuki1]

Because there is an illusion that you are 'serving them' when in most cases, they are also just some working joe serving someone else thinking the same thing at the office. That matters much less if you actually like what you are doing and do it well so don't care what others 'above' think.

[@jackyjack9660]

@@shuki1yeah why does it matter if jobs are serving or not.. If you are happy nothing matters... Proving others is waste of time...

[@Rubyeverly-Jessica]

Excellent video. We are all striving for financial freedom and a better way of life. It is not difficult to achieve this with wise investing, economical lifestyle, and careful budgeting. I'm pleased I learnt early on to work hard for financial independence.

[@Brittany-reeds]

In my opinion, making a smart investment is not only a technique for earning passive income, but also a profitable way of saving for future expenses. People who fail to make the proper judgments early in life often come to regret it later in life. Nonetheless, investing alone can be difficult and risky. As a result, I recommend obtaining expert assistance (financial advisors). The challenge is not just watching videos and reading investing books; it is about implementing information effectively.

[@anyadni]

@@Brittany-reeds Sincerely, your remarks have genuinely inspired me. I'm highly interested in investing and have a substantial sum of money that I'm willing to invest with the appropriate information. My greatest worry is losing money on a bad investment. As a result, I'm eager to hear your comments and ideas on how to invest intelligently.

[@Victoriataylor5668]

@@anyadni As an OAP with extensive expertise, I am certain that the success of any investment is dependent on getting the appropriate knowledge, regardless of what others think. "Be greedy when others are scared, and fearful when others are greedy," Warren Buffer constantly says. This is undoubtedly the key to succeeding even while others fail. I made $100,000 while working with licensed financial adviser ALICE ELAINE HAYHURST. Thus far, her experience has been promising.

[@cliftondippolito]

@@Victoriataylor5668 Please tell me how I can contact your financial planner.

[@georgerobinson2933]

@@cliftondippolito Do a fast web search to see if you can connect with her and conduct your study using her complete names.

[@WooHooCelery]

The day the thought of “why does my job exist?” came into my head was the same day I realised I needed to do literally anything else. My job primarily consisted of cleaning up my boss’ and my manager’s errors so the entire position could’ve been eliminated if they figured out how to do their jobs correctly. My 40 hours per week added zero value and left my brain mushy after a while as there were several days where I only had enough work to fill up an hour.

[@Noperare]

TBF "correcting the boss mistakes" is kind of an important job because you complement something they lack. Kind how "writer editor" is a fully reconized profession despite being mostly "just fixing boss mistakes"

[@wesleyrm]

This is not really a bullshit job. Bullshit jobs take away value, you were generating it. Since everyone does mistakes, having someone to correct them is useful and saves time. Generally the person doing something wrong takes some time to realize and verify it. Ever tried coding? So it is useful to have someone correcting. EDIT: When I say someone, I mean anyone, qualification is a non-issue for correcting most of the time. For coding correcting requires expertise.

[@sotch2271]

@@wesleyrm a little error can be corrected by anyone else that just take the time to read, its a bullshit job

[@sammyjr6989]

Better yet you could hold their position and they get eliminated.

[@donttalktomeyoureannoying8736]

Gawd I would love this job. I would work on my hobbies in free time

[@TheMarshMatrix]

Lmao I legit park cars for people, and the lot I park them in is literally less than 50 feet away from where I pick the car up for them. Extremely pointless.

[@tropinnka]

It’s useful for the people who don’t have the time or it’s not worth their time to find parking themselves

[@mariahsabar3969]

If people need a service or product, it is not pointless

[@Jolene8]

So you don't like the paycheck?

[@ChantaBrite]

You probably save other cars from getting scratched or dinged from people that may rush when parking themselves. You also save people time.

[@knmplans]

Depends on where you are if it’s pointless. My mother has trouble parking in crowded lots. Anxiety kicks in, convinced she’ll damage someone’s car, and by the end it’s easier to leave than stay and try and park. Once someone saw her freaking out so badly they had her get out and they parked her car for her. I never use valet, but when I’m pregnant? If it saved me extra walking it was worth it. My spouse is young and healthy but after he broke his ankle even after the cast came off he couldn’t walk for too long without pain. We actually had handicapped tags for a couple years but it can be hard to get a spot, again that’s where valet helps. You might think you’re not providing a service, but to the person who needs you, your job is anything but pointless.

[@slinkid9410]

Im a builder. As much as people might look down at me, my job improves the lives of anyone I work for.

[@HealingEraWithTricia]

Of course your work is important ❤️🙂

[@bobjason7540]

Construction is one of the few honest livings left

[@lucwillemssens5062]

I would never look down on a construction worker. I do find really annoying construction work near my House because of the tremendous noise machines do and my fondness for sleeping in.

[@chome4]

Here in the UK, in the financial districts, many pubs have notices on the doors/windows saying 'No entry to people in soiled clothing', meaning construction workers.

[@maxezaz7694]

Who cares if anybody looks down on you. You are how YOU see yourself.

[@waltzwalter]

A Financial Planner told me Saving at least 15% of your income in a 401(k) can help ensure that you have enough money to retire comfortably. How can one take advantage of compound interest and potentially grow your retirement savings/net-worth to about $3M over time?

[@KingDavid-jj7tk]

Just try to diversify your portfolio to other market sectors, that way your investment is balanced and you don’t get to make so much losses.

[@primeramujer2138]

I stopped listening and taking financial advise from these KZbinrs, because at the end of the day, I end up with a bunch of confusing stocks without knowing when to take profit, In reality, all I needed was professional advice.

[@primeramujer2138]

As a matter of fact I always preferred to handle my own investing, but after my portfolio took a major hit in 2020, I really had to rethink my plans for the future, so I reached out to an F.A 'Kaitlin Rose Sternberg' who really helped me balance up my losses.

[@roseroland1998]

Thanks guys.

[@businesscat2895]

You don't. By the time you can withdraw from a 401k you'll basically be a walking corpse or already have one foot in the grave. Just open a self-directed brokerage and buy modest dividend yielding stocks or ETFs that you're never going to sell and may pass down to your kids or whomever. NEVER withdraw anything but cash dividends received from the account. NEVER sell anything except risk defined options like covered calls. Eventually buy up enough dividend yielding stocks to get the equivalent of a monthly salary worth of dividends.... and at that point just stop working and live off the dividends. You don't pay any taxes on unrealized long term capital gains (unless you sell the stock) and dividends don't pay ss nor medicare taxes (normally) and are taxed nominally at best; unlike a 401k you can take out money whenever you feel like it. Long term the 401k only benefits the firm managing it while charging a bunch of fees and you'll mostly likely be dead before you get to enjoy that retirement.

[@prschuster]

This makes me feel prouder to have washed dishes in a restaurant, to have done building maintenance & worked on assembly lines or having tutored community college students in biology. These were all basic jobs that were actually productive, even though they were not very high status.

[@jhutfre4855]

exactly

[@sirianrune198]

Dish washing and assembly lines can be automated.

[@prschuster]

@@sirianrune198 Yes, good point

[@thanosthemadtitan5518]

@@sirianrune198 True. They're only really productive for now.

[@thanosthemadtitan5518]

Tutoring college students in biology is actually pretty impressive though.

[@andreamoreland9769]

I am a teacher. The work I do is real, but ironically I earn less than those doing the kind of jobs described here. Sadder still, I am preparing kids to do these kind of jobs!

[@andreamoreland9769]

@David Wanklyn Are you a teacher? I get what you are saying that's why I have been doing this for 20 years, but a little more financial reward and respect for the profession would not go amiss either.

[@dhawkins78412]

I’m not a teacher, I’ve known people who were teachers and that thought has crossed my mind. You teach people who’ll make way more than a teachers salary. Ironic. Not a lot of respect for a long time now.

[@esthermas4703]

@David Wanklyn if you read D.Graeber bullshit jobs you will find also a reflection on this. For some reason, to the people that ACTUALLY DO meaningful jobs we tell them, naaah well, at least you get to do something nice, that compensates salary. Instead, this marketing whatever bullshit nobody cares about gets twice the salary. Not to talk about finance world.

[@cd0u50c9]

The best thing you can do is direct children to think for themselves and create something of use to everyone, but the trick is to be subtle so the system doesn't penalise you for doing it!

[@adolfhipsteryolocaust3443]

Teachers are the worst, you honestly don't deserve to be paid at all

[@yettiman8941]

My dad told me when I was young “ son you will work under someone not because they are smarter than you but because they can’t do the job, as good as you.” I just recently realized what that meant when I worked at amazon. Lol

[@javierjaime9386]

You work for the guy with the lazy eye

[@surelock3221]

Plot twist: Yetti Man is a manager at Amazon

[@sachinbharti9634]

Can you tell me about your qualifications 🙏😅

[@AllCentaur]

I was lucky then.. my manager was a guy with a decade or so of experience, the others.. not si

[@cjamesfort]

Well if you've been there for at least a year and you haven't been auto-fired yet you must be manager material, right? Actually I think one of my managers had said he was fired two or three times

[@JoelGray-hp3sm]

*🌹Retirement planning is an important aspect of financial stability, this world is getting more difficult to live in everyday one need to prepare for the future and kids inheritance*

[@AndreasBergman-yj4em]

Success depends on the actions or steps you take to achieve it. Building wealth involves developing good habits, such as regularly setting aside money for sound investment .

[@_Michel477]

Money invested is far better than money saved, when you invest it gives you an opportunity to increase your financial worth

[@Jocov187]

Can i get connected here in Switzerland 🇨🇭I keep hearing " Ava Brenda Harry " name being mentioned everywhere . Is there any social media handle I can contact her ?

[@ScottGonzalez-yl6ze]

FACEBOOK

[@ScottGonzalez-yl6ze]

AVA HARRY

[@virusumf]

As a doctor, because of the level of stress and responsibility I deal with on daily basis, sometimes I wish I had a bullshit job with no responsibility, a boring office 9-5 job where no one would notice if I’m there or not. Honestly the amount of stress and BS I have to deal with everyday makes me feel I’m not going to live for a long time

[@mercer865]

As someone who always get sick and spent most of my time in hospital since i was little and got bullied because of it.... I really have a massive respect for nurses and doctors.... I am now a freshman in college and chose bs nursing but i ended up shifting course because its beyond my ability😅

[@virusumf]

@@mercer865 I wish you good health and recovery from illness, I hate to see anyone suffering or going through illness, I try my best to treat my patients, it is not the patients that make our job difficult, it is the system that is demanding and unforgiving for the doctors and nurses and causes increased level of stress and pressure. best wishes to you my friend

[@mercer865]

@@virusumf you too sir

[@shanep.9442]

I have massive respect for Dr.'s. It's a tough job that requires years of study/school/ etc.

[@philipbruton6561]

If you're a US doctor and you're not just phoning it in, you're unusual.

[@99xara99]

As a kid I remember often asking people what their job is, and they were almost never able to answer or only said "I work in an office". When I got my first office job, marketing department, I quickly understood what that was all about!

[@hopree2839]

So what is it all about?

[@paulojose7060]

@@hopree2839 working in an office: checking email... chit-chat...some typing...photocopying... Social media... Coffee break... Lunch...chit chat again... Coffee... sightseeing ...Go home... Repeat

[@jekkt]

@@paulojose7060 1. get paid by the hour 2. spend two hours putting numbers into excel 3. spend six hours on the internet 4. collect paycheck

[@AleksandrKashin-co6tl]

@@paulojose7060 My dream job. Nothing to do, drinking coffee.

[@purelyrandom1230]

@@paulojose7060 well, at least is getting paid doing barely nothing and sitting

[@colibri67]

Even when I was in the military decades ago, the best advice I ever received was to walk purposefully around the base and carry a clipboard at the same time. This saved me from getting "pinged" by my superiors to do something else on many occasions.

[@seabass8154]

Lmao

[@zacharyjackson7584]

🤣 That is hilarious.

[@10RBREEZY]

I just got out 3 years ago. I can confirm this worked pretty well for me too. Damn the apple really dosent fall far from the tree.

[@slayedtorest]

@@10RBREEZY This video gave me uncomfortable flashbacks to the military. Useless busywork, unnecessary “task master” style management, etc. I never felt more worthless in my life than being in the military. My job now contributes infinitely more to the world economy, yet still I have to hear “THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!” every time I mention being a veteran. Talk about back asswards

[@10RBREEZY]

@@slayedtorest Listen. Being in ain't no easy walk in the park. You've sacrificed alot. A vet to another vet truley, thank you.

[@absO2O1]

I can relate to this. Lately I have been figuring out what productivity really means, and read that people in the labor sector tend to be happier and satisfied with there days than the person in an office job. I am a sales man, and I find my work field an absolute bullshit, I am literally what you stated as the ''middle man''. I always find myself simply giving people short term solutions, ensuring they understand that we are somewhat ''professional enough'' to do their work. Once I hit a dead end, I say that I will have my technical person get in touch with you and leave the scene. It is true what you say, it helps people feel like they are important, like they have been heard, paid attention to, and I KNOW this, which is why I am good at my job :). I then decided to take up a productive hobby, one that I involves the stimulation of ''labor'' by creating goals and achieving them, daily. I some times fail, and sometimes succeed and that fulfills my need to be productive. It has been helping me out a lot and gives me much to learn and develop on.

[@QoraxAudio]

As an engineer, it's fairly easy to see the actual result of your work. One of the main appeals to become an engineer.

[@ziggystardog]

Except when your project get cancelled for some reason, bullshit or otherwise. There’s also plenty of design work to make bullshit products nobody needs, solve problems that don’t need to be solved, or duct tape to fix things that were poorly designed. Don’t kid yourself. I submit a physical or virtual manifestation of most of these bullshit categories exists, and can multiply the inefficiencies of bullshitters for more effective waste of time and resources.

[@caonabocruzG]

Plastic injection mold design (and mechanical design in general) sure is satisfying. What grinds my gears is to see a "project manager" that has zero idea of what's going on and is making 3 times more than you just for going to meetings all day.

[@QoraxAudio]

@@caonabocruzG Yep the most useless people are either on government benefits or claim excessive salaries. No in between.

[@knurlgnar24]

I see SAFe hasn't gotten to you yet. Your work will then be graded on appearances and not results with the only motivation being looking busy while yielding as little output as possible so that your mistakes cannot be criticized.

[@iFireender]

even still, now that I can work from home, I work like what, 1-2 hours a day, and I still get a lot of compliments about how good of a job I am doing.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

Bonus points if you were watching this what you were supposed to be doing your bulls**t job.

[@vankram1552]

Lmao!!!! you think your audience is employed

[@kathirtahasin4452]

Me 🤺

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Ha I am at work. But engineering is real work

[@patricklehigh9019]

@@WiseOwl_1408 second that

[@jesperengelbredt]

I am at work but its not a bullshit job :)

[@DavidG2P]

I laughed hard watching this video until I realised I'm a patent attorney

[@PaanoKayaIto]

I feel your pain - in-house IP counsel..

[@lucysmith4242]

I feel your pain - Local 711 crack head

[@oama2009]

I have a bullshit invention that will create some bullshit (numbers) money in this total bullshit. Seriously, can you be of any service to me ?

[@davidsilverfield835]

Lololol

[@NishantSharma-tr6xl]

what is that ?

[@divonteschiller8788]

Productivity never comes by accident, It is always a result of commitment and consistency. I'm grateful to God for my advisor Mr Zach Micah Demers, with his help I am financially stable-

[@carolsitsons443]

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[@Infinitetrucker]

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[@teddy.bisson.411]

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[@divonteschiller8788]

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[@andreasvankur3735]

Thanks for sharing, I have just found him online

[@10AntsTapDancing]

I worked in garment construction for 50 years and almost every person who was my 'supervisor' knew nothing about garment construction or how to manage production. I can't count the number of times I was made to make a garment the hardest most difficult way possible because of this. Retired now and glad to be out of that rat race.

[@Victimless.Crime.Recordings]

Its really unfortunate people like that get higher up / management positions that have no idea or passion

[@philipw.2199]

Dude i am so with you, worked 6 years in the car industry and it was the same problem

[@philipw.2199]

@UncleRody ♪ ah come on, thats not so easy either. do what you love and money will follow automatically is bs.

[@randymillhouse791]

I assume you have a closet full of well-made clothing.

[@dragonstooth4223]

sounds like my previous manager in local government. Wasn't happy unless there was a bum in my seat at the office, because apparently we don't work when we are working from home, and he constantly told me how to do my job. what he told me was completely wrong and the long way to do things and just stressed me more.

[@plumeater1]

To quote Oscar Wilde, "The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy.”

[@danlightened]

This is the kind of social commentary that I love.

[@alexmikhylov]

7:17 this is actually quite an ironic illustration in this context the poster says "Бьем по лжеударникам" which means something like "Weeding out false-achievers" in a sense of getting rid of people who only report record numbers to look good instead of doing meaningful work

[@HowMoneyWorks]

I am glad someone picked up on it, I don't speak Russian but I do remember this poster saying something to that effect and thought it would fit well as a little Easter egg.

[@АзаматСулейменов-ш4р]

@@HowMoneyWorks I thought there was a near constant labor shortage in the USSR especially in the 70s and 80s. Can you give me a source on that?

[@younes2415]

@@АзаматСулейменов-ш4р high skilled labour! Many fled to the west because pay was higher and living conditions better in the West for high skilled labourer, the problem never got really fixed in the USSR.

[@joseph1150]

@@АзаматСулейменов-ш4р Skilled jobs required additional education. But the pay still sucked, and you were expected to pay some of it back for some reason. Stories of doctors making less than cab drivers abound from this era, as cab drivers would get extra money from foreigners and more opportunities for bribes. Hospitals for most people (two tier healthcare, one for the people, and one for the party leadership) had only expired drugs, as the doctors couldn't charge enough to replace them, and they were expected to have them in stock.

[@jorgemiguel2641]

@@joseph1150That sounds like modern day Portugal.

[@Emp6ft10in]

I've noticed that whenever the Executive level management goes on vacations for a few weeks everyone on the floor is the most productive they have been all year at their actual jobs. It's amazing the amount of worthless work the Executive level creates for us that takes us away from what the company is trying to produce at the end of the day.

[@Noobificado]

Oh god, i m working as a programmer for a fintech, i tell you, having to justify on paper every hour of every day of every month is more soul crushing than actually have to fix some nasty bugs. With code, at least it is what i chose to do, and even tough it can be hard sometimes, i still enjoy it. But filling meaningless paperwork just to satisfy the HR department, i never singed up for that. We also have those internal bullshit newspaper, and the bullshit meetings too, take take time out from the truly meaningful work.

[@zoidberg444]

Yeah. During coronachan me and other "key workers" got on fine without management for 3 months and even now we hardly see them. The one day we needed them for a customer visit none of them we around.

[@zoidberg444]

@@YourMajesty143 Do you work for the CCP? Near as I can tell the disease was released from the Wuhan biowarfare lab in Q3 of 2019 - the disease was already all over the world in America and Europe by November 2019.

[@xXxUrbanNinjaxXx]

@@YourMajesty143 nice try ccp

[@YourMajesty143]

@@zoidberg444 - Wait, is that how you think dissenting opinions work? You assume opposing opinions can only stem from somebody working on the inside? I'm not even Chinese! 🤣 Geez, so thinking for myself is impossible to you lol. Dude, there's plenty of studies showing that Coronavirus had been identified in other countries prior to Wuhan. There is no conclusive evidence of covid-19 cases in Q3 2019, idk where you're getting that from. Also, a biosafety virology lab that studies & detects viruses is not a biowarfare lab lol. None of the genetic sequences of viruses that they'd been studying were even related to covid-19. But even if they were, covid-19 has already been detected in other countries. Regardless, it has a scientific name, so calling it Coronachan sounds ignorant. But if you want to associate diseases to where cases supposedly originated, then let's change Swine Flu to SwineUSA, TyphoidMary to TyphoidAmerycan, and the Spanish Flu (which didn't even come from Spain) as Flu Over the Americuckoo's Nest, Diphtheria as Unitediptheria, Measles & Smallpox to Freedomeasles & Mallpox. Sound fair? Cool 😎

[@Mike_TGL]

Everyone's job is complete rubbish in the grand scheme of things. And the jobs which are generally important, tend you absolutely ruin you mentally and physically.

[@aoeu256]

A lot of jobs are China and America competing to who can make the most fake GDP. US useless wars and degrees VS China's useless buildings, useless manmade forests, degrees

[@mushypork2132]

@Jacquline Ard in theory they are, in practice many are as useless trying to push as many as possible patients just to throw some generic drug at them and be done in 5 minutes to bill the government or insurance companies for a full visit.

[@LinusAkaPano]

@Jacquline Ard Shortage? In Sweden we got plenty of examples of people get laid off due to there not being enough work available in the healthcare sector.. And that's 2020-2021

[@redgringrumboldt8983]

I am a machinist who works on fighter jets. I see the result of my work day in and day out and I positively adore my job, and getting up every day to go to work.

[@Hahaha-px5ep]

@@mushypork2132 I believe many are not trying to do that. Doctors, especially specialists usually have a lot of patients and alot of writing to do (medical notes, lab requests, prescriptions) after or during a consult on a day, leaving maybe 20 minutes for a patient. And atleast in the Netherlands we don't just push pills. No doctor should become a doctor for the money (it pays well but not that spectacularly) but for the field of medicine and helping people

[@billsnow3920]

I'm 22 and I fabricate gas lines for hospital rooms in large hospitals, hospices, veg clinics, etc. I used to be a mechanic as well, but it's like this is the first time where I've been able to really see the value in what I do and feel like I'm making a difference in my community. Every other gas line done by another company in every facility I've been to so far is actually really poor work and even unsafe in many places. I'm very happy to be bringing high quality work on these life saving systems in an area where it really needed it.

[@pterodactylbull]

I enjoy being safe so I’ve always admired people who do that type of work especially since it’s high risk! You’re basically sacrificing your own safety for the community.

[@liblib89]

your job is pointless and can be automated

[@lkkjhg45]

bill..... thank you :)

[@cubanamerican22]

@@liblib89 sure thing, one of iron man's armors can do it I bet.

[@lucasward9506]

@@liblib89 if they could've automated it they would have done it now, decent welders are expensive as fuck.

[@Hifuutorian]

Loving the idea that the only thing that needs to be done is 'embrace the idea that it's okay not to work 40 hours a week' when working more than that is a *necessity* for many people because of lack of pay.

[@Harrison.DuRant]

Having a job that actually accomplishes something and means a lot to people can be very stressful, but it's super rewarding. I love my job.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

I find that, regardless of the pay, a job that feels like you are making the world better in one way or another is a great job.

[@lizardman1303]

@@HowMoneyWorks yea like making my burger and fries u fed me

[@bluetoast8584]

What’s your job?

[@quademasters249]

@@HowMoneyWorks I'll settle for making me a more accomplished person. As long as I can improve every day, I don't care if my job is BS. I worked for a company where we'd work hard for 6 months, there'd be a change in direction, all the work we did would be tossed and we'd start on something else. It was perfect for me because I was always learning something new. Some people couldn't take seeing their work tossed. I still miss those days. By the time the company failed, they'd blown through $250 million but, I'd become a damn good programmer who could work anywhere. I will say I did have a side thing going on where I put all the new skills to work.

[@annag.799]

Yeah, minus that last part.

[@loupnuit1]

As a 'task-master' I can confirm that most of what my corporation askes me to do is pointless paperwork because they worship at the church of 5S standards. I do most of the exact same tasks as the people under me do, but make almost twice as much. The only additions are rote paperwork and training new hires.

[@algeria_online_fair]

If you're training new hires you're definitly deserving to be paid more. New hires could be really awful sometimes and it necessitates lot of self control

[@samuelcp100]

Yeah unless your industry is in the high precision side of technology 5S is pretty much bulls. Got to see a lot of meaningful management tools used for bulls because of my degree.

[@tailgunner2]

The USAF is the undisputed champion of BS paperwork.

[@syntax2004]

This reminds me allot of my internship.

[@PolishBehemoth]

So you're the guy who bitchws and complains if someone is standing a certain tain way or is not "looking busy"

[@robsirpless]

My roommate has a job where they make her come in for eight hours every day, but she usually has about 2-3 hours of actual work, and then sits there waiting for the rest of the day to go by. She is pretty irritated about it.

[@Tugela60]

She should tell her bosses then, so they can either put her on part time or find other things to do, depending on what the job is. Sometimes jobs require that you be available to do something at a moments notice, so the important thing is that you are actually there when needed, not that you are physically active the whole time. That does not make it a bullshit job.

[@Swarm509]

@@Tugela60 That would be an "On Call" job and at that point they may as well let you go home or do something else as most of these kind of jobs can be done remotely or will require travel time to get to the problem anyways. I guess it makes someone higher up happy that a person might be sitting at work next to a computer or server all day/night just in case something happens though.

[@Tugela60]

@@Swarm509 No, it is a "do it right now, not 6 hours from now" type of job.

[@cattysplat]

@@Tugela60 This has absolutely nothing to do with the worker. The system itself made that job, she is simply filling it. If she disputes the job, she will likely get fired and replaced with someone who doesn't rock the boat. It's those who created this job that need better understanding of it's roles and time spent on them.

[@Tugela60]

@@cattysplat Well, if she literally has nothing to do then she needs to tell her supervisor and they will find something for her to do. More likely she is not that interested in what she is doing, does a shit job at it and goes through the motions doing the least possible, then farts around the rest of the time. When she tells you these story she is basically bragging about ripping the employer off. It is not a bullshit job, it is a bullshit worker.

[@TehShinegami]

There was a job where i was supposed to teach elders how to use a computer and fix users computers, at first it was fine, i felt useful, but then, my employers decided to give me bullshit tasks, tasks that they were supposed to do nonetheless : "clean my van, make a presentation of the place, make projects for kids and computers, interview someone about their museum, answer the phone and greet people" i was spending more time doing those bullshit tasks, than actually doing what i signed for. I've put a stop to that after 5 monthes. If they wanted a robot/slave. They should have gotten one. Not a human that wants to have pleasure working.

[@manictiger]

Man, this is why I run my own business. This is why I went through the gauntlet of fire. F777 trading time for fixed income. F777ing waste of a life. I'm semi-retired in my 30s and I contemplate just pulling out of society altogether.

[@jamescarlin569]

@@manictiger what do u do??? I used to own a landscaping company i sold it now I work for ups as of a month ago ...still not happy

[@manictiger]

@@jamescarlin569 Equities trading and real estate with a couple reselling hobby businesses on the side.

[@RickJaeger]

You may have been too good at your job, funnily. It's possible that they always intended to shift your job away from the stuff they hired you for towards the stuff they actually wanted done. However, it's also possible that the employee does their job so well and so efficiently that they feel like they're not getting their money's worth, so they (perhaps consciously, perhaps unconsciously) start filling their employee's workday with trivial tasks simply to keep them busy. I've seen it happen on small scale, and I have no doubt it probably happens even more often than I think.

[@manictiger]

​@@RickJaeger You can never be "too good at a job". Just too good for that company. Ditch them like the losers they are and move onto greater pastures. Mediocre work, mediocre pay, mediocre life. Find something that rewards 100% output and then do 100% output. I did not get to retire in my 30s by doing the bare minimum.

[@FakeSchrodingersCat]

My job is very important without me no one else would be able to do their meaningless work

[@phalanx3803]

i get your comment is a joke but in reality the only people that can say that and it to be true is farmers because with out us there is no food with out food humans cant live.

[@phalanx3803]

@Raspian Kiado kinda true but farming is what started society the others can be done without but farming is absolute.

[@Layesliosa]

@@phalanx3803 well, kind of... but to do farming you need... a hoe? Which is made by craftsmen XD

[@jayseaborg3895]

@@phalanx3803 That is true now because agriculture created cultures with hierarchies and compulsory behavior. Prior to that humans existed for millions of years without farmers, so it isn't true that humans couldn't live without farmers, just that there might be less of them.

[@ShadowKueken]

Hello fellow Sys Admin, this is the true curse of the IT department ...

[@miken7629]

This is actually true. I was unfortunate to work for companies going through major layoff's due to economic reasons. Around 80% of the workforce were laid off. What was left, were the actual people that kept the business running.

[@nocensorship8092]

That is proof that recessions are good for the economy in the long run. If you let them happen instead of dousing FED money into the pockets of hyper rich super corporations

[@ribbonsofnight]

that's shocking. I wouldn't have expected them to choose the right 20%

[@robinstewart6510]

Just keeping "the business running" is rarely the goal of any successful business.

[@Frenchy78ify]

@@robinstewart6510 but if you can't keep the business running then you have a problme right ? They are so much jobs even in engineering that are BS.

[@michaeld5888]

@@ribbonsofnight I remember when I was laid off in the 2008 mass clear out in London courtesy of the US gift of CDOs to the world someone from head office actually rang up and said they had just realised what I actually did. I was glad to go though as the work atmosphere was so toxic as the merging of computers and people in to a single entity needing the same treatment in the corporate management view had taken effect.

[@RogerTerry01]

These billionaires which I am not one of them but they worked hard getting where they are they did not need to use this superstition that video talks about to become a billionaires they have all kinds of antiques, heirlooms and many clothes that they don't wear anymore and it doesn't stop being rich they work hard they know where to invest their money in and what kind of strategy to use to make themselves rich so don't need to do this false teachings says to do.

[@DanielleBingham355]

It’s not supposed to be easy. Anyone who finds it easy is stupid.

[@AmesArlo93]

The investor's goal is to seek value in a way that minimizes risk and maximizes reward.

[@EleanoraEloise-7]

That is fantastic! I'm eager to start investing even though I have no experience with it. Which tactics do you use?

[@MaryBegay350]

Until their own emotions burn them, people downplay the value of counsel. A few summers back, after a protracted divorce, I needed a big push to help my firm survive. I searched for consultants with the right credentials and found the most qualified one. Despite inflation, he assisted me in increasing my reserve from $275k to $850k.

[@Francesjean432]

It is simpler to profit from the market if you work with a reputable broker or account manager.

[@GDPanda69]

'special certifications' immediately shows a forklift driver, and the memes flood my mind!

[@HowMoneyWorks]

Alright fair enough. Definitely don't want to see me driving one of those bad boys

[@MrKillswitch88]

@@HowMoneyWorks Bumps some spaghetti rack and the whole warehouse comes crashing down.

[@HowMoneyWorks]

That would definitely be me

[@herewardthewake5433]

Don't be a Klaus.

[@harrywilliamson7043]

I once worked in the warehouse for a mail order company. Started on the warehouse floor(where I occasionally ran a forklift and yes was certified) but move to the computer room when a position came open(had previously impressed the sys Admin with my ability to keep the old DOS PC's on the floor running). I caught the afternoon shift for the computer room, and more than once got called back to the floor to run the forklift, because no one else was certified on the afternoon shift.(that shift rarely had to move anything that required the forklift, they were more the task cleanup crew for the day.)

[@JohnnyBackwater]

One day I was watching how children play. The play was about doing what we adults do: go to work. They have meetings and fix things and all kinds of bullshit. And then it hit me: A job is just a day care for us adults. Especially in a corporate world we just do these routine things, all kinds of rituals of labor just to get justified to exist. It's kind of funny.

[@monke8702]

The big corporations don't want you to grow up. They want you to stay in the same place your whole life.

[@piotrszpot3206]

Yeah, that and money 🤑

[@treyway2403]

Training humans to become meat machines, that work metal machines.

[@naqshchaudhry2299]

children are the absolute purest of consciousness, before we all got conditioned into BS

[@wilhelmpfusch3699]

The real question this video didnt asked: When we reduce the bullshit as far as possible, what are we going to do with the billions of unemployed people all over the western world?

[@effingcool1780]

As an architect i love seeing people working and living inside my drawings. I choose this profession or building sector because i can literally see, touch and feel what they do. My mother is an economist, she was always busy but i couldn't understand or see her end result.

[@PHRCpvh]

I don't know who is the greatest clown: The workers who spend most of their time doing something miserable and pointless, or the companies who pay someone to stay doing nothing.

[@kickhuggy]

What do you mean? Why would the first one be bad? I work as an engineer and I've worked at the craziest places you can imagine. The people doing BS jobs know it and barely do shit and just get paid, they have it figured out. Whereas I'm actually trying to contribute to the company that doesn't even care about me

[@kalaidoscopez5388]

@@kickhuggy feel for you mahn.

[@serggla924]

Not like the workers have a choice, you gotta get that bread somehow

[@ordinaryhuman5645]

Lately I do something useful and somewhat productive for a couple of hours, then spend the rest of the work day playing video games and watching videos. Working from home is pretty great.

[@SeSdesc]

the workers...

[@mattgrimes5062]

As much as I like money, a stressful work environment, working someone else's clock to do a job I find no fulfillment in isn't worth it. I'm glad that my investments in the financial markets keep securing me consistent gains, there's no way I can be a W-2 employee until I get old. Sounds depressing

[@mattgrimes5062]

Sometimes it still amazes me greatly how I went from an average lifestyle to earning over $60,000 per month from a $280,000 startup capital. I've learned a lot these past few years to doubt that opportunities abound in the financial markets, I'm 100% invested into the stocks sectors, crypto space, foreign exchange markets and real estates too, gladly this month I just made my first million so I don't think I'll be needing much of a job anymore already I can see a well deserved retirement for me

[@mattgrimes5062]

You can look up his name on the web His bio should should up

[@ChiDraconis]

I respond well to _stressful_ … Made personal assistant to primary authority on multiple jobs but now remain 'out of the workforce' due to essentially there is nothing now;

[@kylelehde3314]

@@mattgrimes5062 how do I get in contact with this guy

[@kylelehde3314]

@@mattgrimes5062 and does this guy trade for you

[@player400_official]

I worked as a receptionist at a hotel and most of the time I was sitting and waiting for that one moment a day when we had to check in 50 ppl in half a hour, because somehow everyone always came at the same time.

[@1370802]

Depending on which hotel you worked at, you may have been contributing more than you think because a lot of people have nowhere else to go. You kept them from homelessness. During a natural disaster, hotels are a lifeline. Obviously if you worked at a Hilton that is not the case, but at a Days Inn it is.

[@Helen_590]

Most likely at 6:30 am

[@Bionickpunk]

Those are travelling groups they often book en entire hotel when they are on an excursion. Thats why you have 50 people at once.

[@stevenscott2136]

I think your business would be pretty dependent on travel schedules. A plane lands, and suddenly 200 people need a hotel room.

[@Millionsofpeas]

That isn't really bullshit. Being in a sense "on call" is useful labor. Sometimes the best way to deal with unpredictability is with vigilance and patience.

[@felixhughes780]

I work in marketing and I always feel like I do nothing and what I do do is pointless. However, what does make me feel slightly better about myself is thinking about my manager, who’s sole role is to oversee our branch of marketing. A branch that includes me and him and that’s it.

[@AmeyaBenare]

hahahahha

[@ailblentyn]

My wife teaches in a humanities discipline at a college, and gets regular letters from students saying how she changed their lives. The economic value of her job may not be quantifiable, but it has great value.

[@monty58]

The economic value of education is usually difficult to quantify, but it's unquestionably valuable to have it as readily available and varied as it is.

[@iruns1246]

@RedPill Crusader what are you even talking about? I frequent YT comment sections and I don't even remember the last time someone used a degree in a debate. Use their job maybe, but never a degree.

[@darlyo.4090]

While that may be true in the job market, I think education has value in other ways. Learning about the world you live in has value to your development as a person. That being said, I don't think that people should be shoehorned into the education route when it really isn't for them. Many people would be just as, if not more happy not going the college/ university route, but it just isn't socially acceptable.

[@YourMajesty143]

@RedPill Crusader - Woah did you get triggered from someone using an 8th grade level vocabulary? Are those words considered "smart" to you? That was basic everyday conversation to me, not once did I read that and think "wow, I bet he's in linguistics" lol. And even if he used college-level vocabulary, are we really going to get mad bc someone is applying the words they learned into their everyday conversations - shouldn't that be what we're all supposed to be doing?

[@hotlinesanzensekai7084]

@RedPill Crusader Me not understand too much words. Arrrrgh, headache! Ooga booga. *smashes wife's head with a club

[@danielrosic2960]

I'm a carpenter - so I build structures out of wood. I love working outside, being self employed and setting my own schedule. It's rewarding to work with clients, but it's often stressful to achieve tasks on time. I love the whole ecosystem of tools and professional products. There's so much innovation, that I can't wait to see what new tools will be on the market just next year. The physicality and fitness inherent in building is also a huge perk, as I don't work out outside of the job. Finally, it's also very rewarding to improve my skills and strive toward mastery. I'm a long way away, but I finally feel like I've mastered the fundamentals.

[@chelseachelseafcsuperfan7220]

Right on brother

[@jgdooley2003]

Jesus was a carpenter. I am glad that you are in the job that suits you and that you enjoy.

[@dodgingbirds]

+10 respect for carpentry. So cool!

[@LivingDeathGuy]

i joined the military, for the last 9 months and the next 3 months my "job" is to learn what to do in my job in the military. so a quarter of my contract my job is to be trained.

[@Paintplayer1]

Spoiler alert: if you decide to just do one contract, the last 6-18 months will be transitioning out. Usually 12. So about 1/4 is transitioning out. I did a corporate fellowship program for 4 months, which was coupled with Christmas leave before and 2 months terminal leave after. So by the time I got my DD-214 I hadn't put a uniform on in nearly 7 months

[@wiczus6102]

in USA? so what is your job for the other 3 quarters?

[@git_r_done_776]

Well, to put it bluntly, your job is to learn what to do when the sh*t really hits the fan, and those are literally exploding bullsh*t.

[@Paintplayer1]

@@wiczus6102 in my case, it was to direct the crew that calculated data to shoot artillery, then the crew that directed and observed it, then I was an executive officer at basic training. All this in less than 3 years. They move us a lot

[@sauljahboi5965]

@@Paintplayer1 I wonder how dudes who only spend 4 years in justify exiting(barring injuries). From units with long training pipelines like Navy SEALS or Army Green Berets. My understanding is a SF medic can take 2.5 years to show up to his team.

[@shirleya.osgood]

I Feel LIKE THE HOLE SEASON IS OVER, I'M TRYING TO GET INTO TRADING AS A ROOKIE, BUT IVE HAD SO MUCH LOSS TRYING TO TRADE ON MY OWN, PLEASE WHAT STRATEGIES DO I NEED TO EARN PROFITS FROM THE MARKET😢🤢

[@robertl.anderson]

The best strategy to use in trading is to trade a professional who understands the market quite well, that way maximum profit is guaranteed💯💯.

[@nicoled.conyers]

This Bitcoin trading has set sail. I honestly cannot overemphasize how much delving into Bitcoin trading has helped saved and changed the lives of many.🤙

[@PeterLDemby]

Yeah you're right, most times it amazes me greatly the way I moved from an average lifestyle to earning over $62k per month🚀, utter shock is the word. I have understood a lot in the past few years to doubt that opportunities abound in the financial markets, The only thing is to know where to focus.

[@PeterLDemby]

​@AnnabelJBrownAnyways not actually, what I know about trading almost on zilch lol. I make huge profits on my investment since I started trading with an Expert, her trading strategies are top notch coupled with the little commission she charges on her trade.

[@antoniete387-]

​@@PeterLDemby Interesting.. how did you do it? 😁😁🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️I could use some help over here too, My Crypto picks have been depressingly bad Tbh I'm in need of a good investment plan currently, I still have a lump sum in a savings account yielding next to nothing. Do you have more clues that could help?🤦‍♂️

[@jacob9540]

I like having a “pointless” job because I can remind myself whenever I am stressed out that nothing I am doing is really important. I’m not saving anyones life, I’m not helping someone get out of prison time. The most damage I can possibly cause is that filing dates are missed. Big whoop. I derive purpose and satisfaction from pursuing my hobbies and spending time with my family, not my job.

[@threefreaksonaleash6619]

Well said

[@bluechurchowl]

Seems like a kinda miserable way to live your life. Where’s the purpose in that?

[@jacob9540]

@@bluechurchowl A job is a way to make money to survive and afford to do the things that bring you actual purpose. Why do people make their jobs their life? That is the pathetic thing to me, when peoples jobs are their entire identity

[@vacafuega]

Kind of a cop out - you're basically rationalising wasting 70% of your energy and life as being good because you have fewer responsibilities? I mean, if it works for you... it's sad we have to build these weird ass reasons in our heads to justify the inhumanity and disconnection of late stage capitalism

[@gabriellepaolomordeno2726]

@@bluechurchowl We do the things we hate to earn money so we can do the things we love...

[@ClowderBeatsAnimals]

I used to work in recruitment. Imagine someone being paid 250K-350K a year plus a laundry list of benefits which could even sometimes include paid accommodation or tuition fee for the kids. All that for being an executive who mostly attends meetings daily plus some travel to attend more meetings overseas. In contrast, a construction worker toils from sunrise to sundown, or vice-versa, and is lucky to bring home 15K-25K a year. His daily transport might be arranged by his company but definitely not on business class as the highly-paid exec has. I've seen workers being jam-packed on the back of a pickup and soaking under the rain (after a long day of hard labor). Their accommodation might be arranged too which is a dormer room with 10-20 beds. And yeah, those transport and accommodation are arranged by the employers but will be docked off from the worker"s compensation. Sometimes, the workers who physically build the city from a ruble get the shortest end.

[@TurdFurgeson571]

That exec gets that compensation because he'll do what the board wants. Plus, he'll be the fall guy if any of that goes belly up. Now if he's a smart fall guy, he'll have you, the recruiter, hire yet another fall guy -- Senior Associate Vice President of Divisional Achievement.

[@beng4647]

That is capitalism bro. Americans think it's great.

[@the_expidition427]

We (United States) currently have an oligarchy Capitialism is great see Taiwan or India

[@jasonandrews7355]

Saying a construction worker is 'lucky to bring home 15-25k' is a huge stretch. If you're talking about under the table immigrant workers, maybe. But skilled trades worker can earn 60-100+k and have great careers! I'm a construction and maintenance electrician, and I love my job!

[@maxb2244]

Most construction workers bring in over 60k a year easily before overtime.

[@TheCommentator353]

You should definitely do a video on bullshit degrees as well. So many 18 year olds are getting themselves into enormous debt for nothing.

[@1370802]

The bullshit degrees become less bullshitty if you know what you want to do with the degree prior to starting. I have an anthropology degree, one of the biggest bullshitty ones, because I want to be an archaeologist. I’ve wanted that since I was 14, I researched how to get there, and everything I’ve done is to get to that point. I went to field school, I’ve worked in museums, handled artifacts, taken osteology and zooarchaeolgy, etc. I can (and have) easily identify any human or animal bone uncovered from the ground. My point is I knew how to get there and the degree was just a requirement. I’ve never wanted to be an anthropologist, I want to be an archaeologist. That being said, you are describing the majority of my former classmates. My last semester they themselves said they had no idea what to do after graduation, and that is all thanks to our teachers. The whole reason I knew what to do is because I had to research my career path for high school English class. Most people don’t have that opportunity. Once in college, anthro teachers don’t teach you crap about how to succeed or where to work. The only career option they give is graduate school, which you can’t do if you dont have a good job to pay for it. It’s stupid and could be easily fixed.

[@ninojohnvitor4485]

@@1370802 same but with economics. Still unbelievable that prior research for college is not an actual thing for most of my peers.

[@1370802]

@@ninojohnvitor4485 Funny enough, my dad is an economist who did do good prior research. I guess I learned from him.

[@1370802]

@A B No it's worse than that. Degrees that don't get you a job at all. Like sociology or anthropology. I say this as an anthro major myself, but I'm working in archaeology not anthropology. Most of my classmates said themselves they had no idea what to do after college, meanwhile my accounting major friend already had a job lined up that paid $60k a year. He started the week after he graduated. Cultural anthropology is bullshit.

[@minminnnn]

@@1370802 hey i am not someone who is going down your career path but im interested in learning about archaeology, so if you have any book/KZbin videos/articles you have found interesting, informative and useful i would really appreciate it. thank you.

[@anonops1980]

I’ve been a janitor/groundskeeper/handyman for twenty years now, working for the same energy company at several different plants. Most are natural-gas fired, but two nuclear. I’m working on one of these nuclear plants now. I never gave much of a shit about my job, until one day twenty years ago I crossed with a big-shot executive and he told me: “cleaning/maintenance are one of the most important jobs in this company. When the workplace looks clean and tidy, it sets an example for everyone else that their work should be clean and tidy as well. You’re the first line of defense against unproductivity”. Changed my whole outlook on my job, to be honest. Now, 20-odd years later, I manage a team of 20 men and I’m still very proud of my job. Whatever else, at the end of the day, people will work in a clean and beautiful place because of me and my guys and galls. And yeah, we’re paid pretty well, too.

[@SleepGoodyall]

🙏

[@imperialgaurd7378]

I had to think about the Austin powers scene. Where DR Evil sends everyone out the room. "Not you hencheman, arbitrarely turning knobs making it seem like you are doing something".

[@agentx3]

now i gotta go watch that movie

[@nickgee7291]

that's one of my favorite lines! its so funny! that movie is so great !

[@kumkan3588]

"Not you two guys back there turning nobs" "Not you number 2"... Then looks at Scotty

[@daniellerodgers6493]

😂

[@mariekatherine5238]

As they say, “It’s good enough for guv’mnt work.” I once had a two week long temp job at a corporate real estate company that payed $235 day, in 1973. My job? Hand writing and forging the CEO’s signature on Hanukkah and Christmas cards for clients! Best paying job I ever had! There was even a real lunch hour (60 minutes) and cafeteria with excellent kosher food, very inexpensive!

[@lionelhutz5137]

Oy vey, it's time to play!

[@automachinehead]

@@lionelhutz5137 oy vey. the goyim knows!

[@MMAMike22]

A female that relished barely working? Is the sky blue?

[@DrGandW]

LMAO someone is intensely jealous

[@driftingdruid]

"Professional Fundraiser" = call center job, and it's mostly B.S. because it's proven to be ineffective at gaining funds, the very nature of call centers themselves irritate everyone, caller and callee, involved

[@christiandean7934]

I mean, if you're a scam, spam, or telemarketer, yes. But various companies from banks, to car dealerships, to even cable companies, outsource to call centers to handle calls. Because places like that have a very small staff team. Can't serve your clients in person if you're constantly answering phones. (I've worked a couple of call center jobs. Mostly boring.)

[@driftingdruid]

@@christiandean7934 it wasn't even that, it was for "donations" to a private university's budget so that they could update old buildings and build new ones. the real trouble was that we were tasked with asking for money from people who already have their kids currently in school, already just graduated the school, or had taken a few transferred courses in the school but got their degree elsewhere outsourcing receiving of phone calls is alright, but I'm talking sending calls out to people just to persuade them into giving money

[@Aftertaste_]

Yeah, getting call spammed just to be asked for money is definitely upsetting.

[@mircopaul5259]

Just randomly tell people jokes instead. Probably that would have better impact on sales too.

[@driftingdruid]

@@mircopaul5259 would if i could, my calls were being listened in on by my supervisor

[@salkoharper2908]

I used to work a well paid meaningless job in an office in central London. I was literally one of those zombies you see in a grey suit waiting for the train with a 1000 yard stare every day. It got to the point where I hated my job and my life so much, I'm not sure what happened, but one day I just snapped. I got on a plane and flew to the South Pacific.Then Africa, then Turkey, then went all over Europe. When I got home to England I told my father I wanted to work with him. He runs a small family business. Now I work with my Dad, have my mum's home cooking and speak to my brother every day. When I end the day, my wife says how i'm always in a good mood. I am much happier now, being close to my family. I make less money but I don't care, I have everything I need.

[@PassivePortfolios]

When it comes to creating BS jobs, none can match the federal and local government entities.

[@Player_Zhirow]

*A New Challenger Has Entered* Walmart: Challenge Accepted.

[@callowaymotorcompany]

You've never worked a white collar job before.

[@EroticOnion23]

Target Corp. has joined the chat

[@joshusavage5100]

@@Player_Zhirow that is only at the higher levels. The lower levels are attacked with to many things to do and not enough people or time to do them right. Sales are to high at a store and they don't have enough people to do the work, Walmart solution build another store to decrease sales instead of increasing staffing levels and hiring more people.

[@Player_Zhirow]

@@joshusavage5100 having worked at a Walmart for 5 years, I assure you between the in-house “HR” reps and the assistant managers or “coaches” as they’re called, there are few jobs at Walmart that aren’t bullshit. There are no “high level” jobs, there’s store managers and then there’s the peasantry.

[@PatrickWilkinson-he9iu]

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[@PatrickWilkinson-he9iu]

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[@CharlieLavoie-hu9dr]

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[@YanaSimon754]

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[@KyleighBouchard]

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[@KyleighBouchard]

@Avah201

[@aliboyaliboy6825]

BS roles/jobs is not the monopoly of the corporate world, there are even more BS roles/jobs in the government sector including gov't owned and controlled corporations

[@poxpower]

The 20th century is basically a history of government workers killing tens of millions of their own countrymen. Them having a monopoly on protection/defense type jobs ended in world wars, cold wars and massive starvation and death. You'd think that be in the video somewhere above "Karen" haha.

[@callowaymotorcompany]

I don't think you've ever worked for a large corporation.

​@@callowaymotorcompany, I've worked for a number of large and small (startup) corporations, from military contractors to special-purpose scientific processors to telecommunications. I don't think you have any idea what you are talking about AT ALL if you think most large companies aren't replete with bullshit jobs and maddening inefficiencies.

[@kevinmclarkey621]

Well ya nost companies know they're zombie companies and if they fuck up they'll be saved from capitalism becuase they gov will use the people's taxes to bail them out

[@robertcarmosino6563]

Yes , just look at Congress...

[@alllovelain]

I was a janitor for about 3 years. I got no respect or appreciation at a major university, but I got both at a highschool to the point I became friends with a lot of the teachers and faculty. I never made much money as a janitor, but the work was satisfying, I took pride in how clean my areas were. However, neither of my superiors/employers in either job gave a crap, despite my area looking better than everyone else's, I was only met with "good, you've done what we're paying you for unlike the others" and I was denied raises/promotions for going the extra mile and actually doing my job. Eventually I left when my drug addict boss threatened to physically beat me because I was vaping in a bathroom that was out of order, he complained it'd set off the smoke alarms but I'm a janitor, I know smoke alarms and despite the claims vapor won't set off those cheap alarms unless you blow a big cloud right into the detector. He continued shouting in my face and put me in a self defense situation, but instead of beating the crap out of the old dude I just walked out.

[@jekkt]

you did good. keep supplying quality work where its needed

[@alllovelain]

@@jekkt About to start on my next job working for a company that goes around cleaning businesses. They seem excited to bring me on, seems like a really good company so I'm excited.

[@TienHuynh5312]

They did gave crap btw

[@codgamer1332]

Sounds like a bunch of communist you worked for.

[@liquidiced]

@@alllovelain it’s been a month or more. How goes the new job my dude??

[@RunningInSuits]

I’ve been remodeling and fixing peoples homes for most of my life. The amount of accomplishment and experience I receive on daily basis can’t be stressed enough. I get to look back at the work I did for years to come and bring happiness to people. Sadly, most folks can hardly replace a light bulb these days…

[@seanhiggins84]

Yes, sir. You got that right about the light bulb.

[@blepware]

how many landlords does it take to screw in a lightbulb?

[@seanhiggins84]

@@blepware I don’t know, how many?

[@blepware]

@@seanhiggins84 2. one to screw it in and the other to ask if you could pay this month in advance

[@johnchedsey1306]

As someone who is not very handy and would rather pay to get things done right, I appreciate you!

[@MarcoPallotti]

I used to work as a computer consultant, and at one client the company I worked for had about 15 of us working on various projects. My job was a daily task of copying and transferring files (I’m talking mainframe computers, back in the day). I figured out some short cuts and had my job done every day inside of three hours. I tried to make myself useful for the remaining five hours, including sometimes driving tapes to another location an hour away. But I mostly sat at my desk trying to look busy as the client didn’t have any other work to give me. On another floor there was a project team staffed mostly by my company’s programmers, and there was one guy who (according to a friend on the team) was terrible at his job. He often had to work extra hours to get all his programs finished and tested. As we were all billed hourly, because of his incompetence he made overtime money for himself and the consulting company we worked for. Guess who got a nice raise at the end of the year? Yeah, not me.

[@Samsson83]

Maybe because one was building and testing programs while the other copy/pasting and driving taped around?

[@denniswoycheshen]

So, instead of working as a team you guys just bitch about the slower staff, how long it takes and his overtime to struggle? Damn. Not a culture I want to work in. If one of my guys is stuck we do everything we can to help.

[@hexi6485]

The company you were assigned to... was it a phone data collection company? Maybe Nielsen?

[@wsrtwetr]

Always leave. Find a job where you can be self employed. Those jobs are often skilled jobs and even if you choose to work for a company, your manager and bosses almost have to play by your rules because they depend on your skills not your ability to kiss butt. These jobs usually have a hard time replacing people. No more bs, no more pretending to be busy, no more useless meetings.

[@turolretar]

That’s a bruh moment right there

[@DarthFurie]

This is one of the things that's kept me teaching even though other jobs pay more. My job gives me such a sense of purpose, joy, and pride in my work. I need that to keep going lol

[@New-Moderate]

That’s rare to hear from teachers these days. What city do you teach in, what grade level and what subject(s)?

[@Kaybye555]

@@New-Moderate it's rare among people who need to mske a living to support others. If you have another way to make money then I believe it's to be at a job where youbare comfortable. Teaching is very rewarding on its own but man some schools are horrible it's not worth it

[@ann_victor_green5462]

I guess it depends on what you teach

[@Braegonftw]

I think having a practical job could also provide a sense of pride in knowing your doing something essential for society, at least for me personally. I'm a manager at a grocery store, we need food lol

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

Fill out forms that no one will ever read, to follow guidelines no one checks, so money we paid out can be given back to us. Oh, and drink coffee.

[@richardcampbell7903]

Hey.....I worked there before!

[@danlightened]

Mostly these are smooth processes but in case of discrepancies, these forms act as pieces of evidences to lay responsibility and accountability. But then again, not of these jobs could have automated bills and receipts.

[@knote4958]

"People that worked to nothing, but to justify their own existence" So, government bureaucrats?

[@jeffbenton6183]

Worse. Corporate bureaucrats.

[@kickhuggy]

Did you watch the video at all?

[@knote4958]

@@kickhuggy I did. Your point is?

[@jeffbenton6183]

@@knote4958 I think Spidey's point is that the vast majority of jobs mentioned in the video weren't in government.

[@knote4958]

@@jeffbenton6183 that was a joke about wasteful bureaucracy, which governments nowadays are most notable for. It may be an aside, but it fits into the revelance of jobs that achieve nothing of significance. Government jobs fall into this equation too, so I'd say Spidey was the one missing the point.

[@user-nk8uy4rz7h]

Crazy that so many of these useless mind numbing jobs are thought of as the “real jobs” by the general public. We are so removed from the value (both money and value to society) of our labour. Blows my mind that a marketing middle manager or some shit is valued more by just about everyone than a janitor or an artist.

[@kostaverle3551]

To be honest a lot of "artists" are just fancy names for bullshit jobs.

[@robertagren9360]

Jobs made by the state aren't considered jobs and the reason why immigrates are denied permanent settle. They might come to think that they're settled, only to be knocked on the door telling that their job is bullshit and their visa revoked as they're allowed to stay for visit of 90 days and within 90 days must find a job to stay.

[@psychshift]

What's that fight club quote: "Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on. We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep. Do not fuck with us.“

[@ggh_-ts6pn]

well thats capitalism for you. But wait, most people on this comment section (including you I guess) like and support capitalism.

[@desiqti]

@@ggh_-ts6pn bruh there's no capitalism, go away

[@vikkyvicks]

If people who don't really produce anything useful get paid like this, then the people who actually add value to the society get demotivated or lose interest and it is detrimental to society as a whole.