David SwallowDec 2, 2024
JA Westenberg

We're stuck in an absurd cycle, where the only thing more exhausting than the work is pretending to do the work.

Every week begins with the best of intentions and ends with you staring at a dozen half-finished tasks scattered across a dozen different platforms, wondering what the hell you actually accomplished.

https://www.joanwestenberg.com/modern-work-fucking-sucks/

Modern Work Fucking Sucks.

It’s Monday morning. The first thing you see (yes, before you see your kids, your partner, even your coffee) is a Slack notification. That Slack notification leads you to a Confluence document, which is supposed to prepare you for the upcoming Zoom meeting. In the Zoom meeting, you’re

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Show threadmaitiú ó móráin 🇺🇦 🇪🇺Dec 1, 2024

@Daojoan

‘It has stickers.’ 👌🏻

Show threadIrisDec 1, 2024
@Daojoan It's why I enjoy writing. Even if I got nothing else done, I can feel good about having written an article or two
Show threadT Alex BeamishDec 2, 2024

@Daojoan When I was laid off from my last job, I thought, Well, That Sucks.

Then I realized that meant I didn't have to attend the soul-sucking daily standup at 10am every day, where my Team Lead seemed to often talk for twenty minutes straight without taking a breath. Then I felt much better.

I love work. I hate status meetings that could have been an E-Mail or a Slack message.

Show threadkarunrDec 2, 2024
@Daojoan
Slack, Trello and zoom sounds great to someone stuck in Teams, Outlook and Sharepoint!
Show threadbitcrush.ioDec 2, 2024
@Daojoan
Well put! I've been reading a book by David Graeber, so you reminded me of his now classic essay, "On Bullshit Jobs": https://www.davidgraeber.org/wp-content/uploads/2013-On-the-phenomenon-of-bullshit-jobs-A-work-rant.pdf