Yes, BS Jobs Are Traumatic

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A bullsh*t job isn't just boring, but traumatic. In this video, we explore the psychological impact of bullsh*t jobs, and how they inflict moral injury on workers.

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Sources

• Bullshit Jobs: a Theory

• On the Phenomenon of Bullsh*t Jobs

• Simon Walo's paper

• What’s that smell? Bullshit jobs in higher education

• "Alienation is Not Bullsh*t"

• Moral injury wikipedia page

• Toward an interdisciplinary conceptualization of moral injury: From unequivocal guilt and anger to moral conflict and disorientation by Tine Molendijk

• Achilles in Vietnam: Combat Trauma and the Undoing of Character by Jonathan Shay

• Moral Injury During the COVID-19 Pandemic