Her essay draws on David Graeber's concept of bullshit jobs — roles so pointless that even the person doing them can't justify their existence. Graeber estimated 20–50% of all jobs fit that description. A 2015 YouGov poll found 37% of British workers felt their job contributed nothing meaningful. Chuck and Jenni work through what the essay actually reveals: not one person gaming the system, but how disconnected some organisations are from the work happening inside them. And whether they could do it themselves.
The 88% stat lands here too: 88% of remote workers say they actively go out of their way to look busy. Perceived effort is being rewarded over actual output. That's not one employee's problem. That's a design problem.
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