Comment by heyjamesknight

In Positive Psychology, the science of meaning in life (not of life) breaks meaning down into three dimensions: coherence, significance, and purpose. If your job isn’t affording you significance (because your actions don’t “matter” in your organization) then your ability to find meaning in that work is threatened.

Your work may have coherence and purpose, but if it doesn’t have significance then it isn’t the source of meaning you thought it was.