Some sensible points here, although it does conclude by saying you're lucky to have a job in the current climate and that should be enough - which isn't that encouraging.
Yes, some interesting things here. Clearly this search for meaning in the workplace is a relatively new phenomenon and largely borne out of greater prosperity. But I also think it's symptomatic of the more general unhappiness and disatisfaction which modern capitalism/advertising has manufactured.
The new management culture in the public sector certainly doesn't help. Many people console themselves with lower salaries by the sense of doing 'good' and fulfilling some kind of civic service. It's incredibly dispiriting when you then discover that so much of your work is essentially bureaucratic pointlessness.
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Yes, some interesting things here. Clearly this search for meaning in the workplace is a relatively new phenomenon and largely borne out of greater prosperity. But I also think it's symptomatic of the more general unhappiness and disatisfaction which modern capitalism/advertising has manufactured.
The new management culture in the public sector certainly doesn't help. Many people console themselves with lower salaries by the sense of doing 'good' and fulfilling some kind of civic service. It's incredibly dispiriting when you then discover that so much of your work is essentially bureaucratic pointlessness.
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