Bullshit Jobs

 

　　公關：我寫的公關稿根本沒人看！

　　行政助理：我在辦公室看 YouTube 看了一天了！

　　承包商：我大老遠開了一百公里就為了幫客戶挪電腦挪個幾公分！

 

　　工作好無聊！這工作根本就是狗屎，有做沒做哪有差！你是不是也這樣怒吼千百次了？寫出多本暢銷書的人類學家大衛．格雷伯今天要來好好討論一下這些無聊的狗屎工作是怎麼回事。

 

　　大衛．格雷伯注意到大部分的人工作整天，實際辦公的時間可能不過半天，於是他在《狗屎工作現象》一文提出：你的工作對世界有什麼貢獻嗎？這篇文章簡直紅翻了，翻譯成十七國語言，線上點閱數高達百萬；然而，人們對於這問題的答案依舊爭論不休。

 

　　數以萬計的人做著有做沒做對世界根本沒什麼影響的工作，像是人資、企劃、市場調查專員、法務……慘的是，這些人自己也心知肚明——-他們就是被困在這些狗屎工作裡了。

 

　　凱恩斯曾提出，在科技發達的未來，人們一個禮拜工作時數將低於十五個小時，然而，現況很顯然背離了凱恩斯提出的美好藍圖，也與林肯的願景相悖，而這樣多數人困在狗屎工作的現況，正是資本主義下的產物。

 

　　這些看似狗屎的工作，其實提供了個人、企業和整個社會轉換價值觀、玩轉創意和關心他人的機會。想翻轉你正在做的狗屎工作，來看看這本書吧！（文 / 博客來編譯）

From bestselling writer David Graeber, a powerful argument against the rise of meaningless, unfulfilling jobs, and their consequences.

Does your job make a meaningful contribution to the world? In the spring of 2013, David Graeber asked this question in a playful, provocative essay titled "On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs." It went viral. After a million online views in seventeen different languages, people all over the world are still debating the answer.

There are millions of people--HR consultants, communication coordinators, telemarketing researchers, corporate lawyers--whose jobs are useless, and, tragically, they know it. These people are caught in bullshit jobs.

Graeber explores one of society's most vexing and deeply felt concerns, indicting among other villains a particular strain of finance capitalism that betrays ideals shared by thinkers ranging from Keynes to Lincoln. Bullshit Jobs gives individuals, corporations, and societies permission to undergo a shift in values, placing creative and caring work at the center of our culture. This book is for everyone who wants to turn their vocation back into an avocation.