And a lot of the jobs that are truly awful and nobody wants to do … are bullshit jobs that don’t actually need to be done in the first place.
“no one wants to flip burgers for 7.25!” No shit buddy, maybe your business shouldn’t exist anymore
“No one wants to cook our poisonous food while being paid the absolute minimum we can pay them to do it”
You don’t say !?
We could automate those jobs, yes, but then a lot of people would have no jobs at all.
In a society in which one’s material needs are not tied to one’s labour, this would not be a problem.
True, but we don’t have that society, yet we do have the ability to automate a lot of people out of a job.
So you see the problem.
I see several. Most notably that we seem to keep winding up with leaders that want to enrich themselves rather than make thing better for everyone.
We must ban automation!
Nah, we need to ban jobs and force automation on everything
No one wants to be a fast food worker, not because it’s a bad job per se, but because everyone knows it’s bullshit that doesn’t help anyone, and their managers are squeezing them to get the very last penny out of them.
You do almost exactly the same thing in a charity soup kitchen, except everyone there loves doing it so much they do it for free because it gives meaning to their lives, and the people managing the operation are nice.
It’s all about context, it’s all about the ambiance and the social aspects.
“nobody wants to do this” = “I don’t want to do this and I have no imagination”
But treating people like people with needs and desires as well as dreams doesn’t raise the bottom line! Cries in capitalism /s
If jobs end up not being done, it’s because they have been deemed not necessary by the people. There are enough weird people to fill just about every niche, if filling that niche also allows them to live.
Props to the original poster for being open-minded in their reaction
There is no job that someone somewhere doesn’t want to do.
This is why I’m moving away from programming for a boss and am looking for jobs where I don’t get the stress of countless meetings and project manager bullshit. I just want a nice job where I don’t feel too much stress and make enough money to live decently. Then I can continue working on opensource projects as my hobby.
I really dislike all the “ceremonies” that seem to be involved in software development now. It’s just so much useless ritual.
“We can discuss it at the stand-up”.
Join a cooperative!
It’s our time to shine!Would be cool. I’ve tried, and was even able to get an interview with one, but was rejected :( This job market sucks; everyone’s getting many more applications than they’re able to deal with, and cooperatives are more hesitant to accept new members than regular businesses. I guess I’d have to create a new cooperative if I wanted to work in one, but I’m bad at/hate securing and negotiating contracts.
I’d have to create a new cooperative if I wanted to work in one
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I’m bad at/hate securing and negotiating contracts.
And because you’re not a psycopath, you’ll be able to amend them to suit both the syndicates’ interests and that of the new recruit as you go. Contracts should be living documents, not blood and tear contracts.
That seems interesting.
Thank you for the link.
