Bullshit Jobs: A Theory Audiobook

From bestselling writer David Graeber comes 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.

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"I loved this book. I feel like all I see now are bullshit jobs, especially on the executive level. When I receive useless emails and silly decisions from executives, I laugh at how they need to do such things to validate their bullshit job. I appreciate the insight! This book also emphasizes the destructiveness of boring, bullshit jobs. I directly related to this."

— Care Bear (5 out of 5 stars)