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DesideriScuri -> RE: Pointless jobs (10/6/2016 3:59:05 PM)
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ORIGINAL: sloguy02246
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ORIGINAL: DesideriScuri
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ORIGINAL: Nnanji
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Most people who think their jobs are bullshit don't actually like their job, however, the people paying them to do the job clearly think the job is worth having done.
I agree in a small place like a bar. However, go work at someplace like AT&T and I think your proposition falls apart.
Why would AT&T (or any large company) pay people to work there if it's not worth it to the company? If profit is what a business is after, wouldn't it behoove it to have as little manpower as possible to get the job done efficiently?
In theory, yes, getting the necessary work done correctly with as few employees as possible is the textbook norm.
However, I have worked at three very large corporations (steel, combustion engines, and insurance) and I can tell you from many years of first-hand experience that departments within each company were constantly and routinely campaigning to have as many people in their respective areas as possible because the more people they had, the more budget was allocated to them, and the more budget they had, the more political power it gave those department heads within the corporate structure.
Of course. But, that was the departments within the company, and not necessarily the company itself. People are going to tend to strive towards making their actual jobs as easy as possible and get their compensation as high as possible. Unless you are the owner, what's best for the company isn't necessarily what you're looking at.
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