STRIKE! Magazine – On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs: A Work Rant

He says that a major factor in burnout is “broken steering”: people feeling, for a long period of time, that their efforts to exert control don’t do anything. They show up to work, click their mouse, make suggestions, and nothing happens, and it’s hard to tell if their work ultimately matters. There is a classic phrase for this—being a “cog in the ... See more