Inspired by David Graeber’s new book, Bullshit Jobs: A Theory, I asked a lot of people if their jobs were pointless. The answers I heard? Basically a bunch of resounding yesses. Here are 10 of them, ...

In his amusing but all-too-real essay On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs, anthropologist David Graeber argues that an epidemic of made-up jobs is subjecting grave psychological harm on the populous.

Unfair or pointless work tasks are driving more employees to mentally check out, turning to the internet to cope with stress, sleepless nights, and next-day burnout, new research shows. The study, led ...

Earlier this month, Politico published a bonkers story about Solomon Lartey and Reginald Young Jr., two former “records management analysts” in the White House whose $65,000-a-year jobs entailed ...

Many people dream of landing a good job, earning promotions and building a comfortable life. But one man believes that for many professionals today, those milestones no longer bring the sense of ...

A man has sparked a conversation online after sharing a video about the growing disillusionment many professionals seem to feel towards their jobs. In the clip, he questioned whether work still offers ...

This week, I fought a draining battle with one of my employer’s many online systems. A 10-minute task stretched into days of back-and-forth emails, error messages ...