Comment by DarylZero

I found his bullshit jobs article to be terrible and unconvincing, and many of the things he said about jobs just inaccurate.

But I think your objection is not very strong and his thesis can be rescued from it.

> it isn't bullshit to the payer, even if it might seem like bullshit to the worker

I think a lot of jobs really are "bullshit jobs," not because they have no value to the payer, but because they have negative value to the economy overall.

For an extreme example, some people are willing to pay to have witnesses murdered so that they can continue committing crimes without legal repercussions.

Or, some people are doing jobs that are purely for positional advantage and that are even "cancelled out" by other people in other companies doing another job. Advertisers seeking to take over market share from competing companies.

Or, some extractive industries may be more beneficially halted because of negative externalities; but those who benefit from the extraction will still hire people.