I recently came across a book titled ‘Bull*' Jobs’. A bull* job is described as “ …. a form of employment that is so completely pointless ….. that even the employee cannot justify its existence”.

A UK poll showed that only 50% of full time workers were not entirely sure that their jobs made any sort of meaningful contribution to the world; and 37% were quite sure that their their jobs did not.

Would this be applicable to Australia as well? Are the elites thinking up make-work schemes to cover surplus people they are largely guilty encouraging

//A UK poll showed that only 50% of full time workers were not entirely sure that their jobs made any sort of meaningful contribution to the world; and 37% were quite sure that their their jobs did not.

Would this be applicable to Australia as well? Are the elites thinking up make-work schemes to cover surplus people they are largely guilty encouraging//

Yes, I suspect there are probably a lot of Australians who feel that their jobs don't make a meaningful contribution to the world. But I'm not sure it can be blamed on elites or immigration. Most of my working life has been spent in hospitality, which seems to me a mostly pointless industry. Chefs cook food for people too lazy to cook their own; waiters carry food for people too lazy to carry their own; barmen pour beers for people too lazy to pour their own.... definitely no meaningful contributions to the world there.

But as I said, I'm not really sure the elites or immigration can be blamed for it. It's not like the pub is a recent invention, they've been around since long before immigration.

Maybe some jobs are just pointless, and always have been and always will be... but people still need to survive in a market economy.

Here's what the Lowy Institute has to say:

http://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/anti-migrant-sentiment-biggest-threat-openness

We have a society that simply fails to produce enough skilled
workers in select vital fields (esp. medicine) therefore we
desperately need skilled migrants to fill in the large gaps.

"But as I said, I'm not really sure the elites or immigration can be blamed for it. It's not like the pub is a recent invention, they've been around since long before immigration".

It's not particularly about immigration; there are just too many people in the world, and not enough use for them.

There's no shortage of things or people to do, ttbn.
Some of those things are necessary; some are not. But even the things that aren't necessary usually improve quality of life to some degree.

//there are just too many people in the world, and not enough use for them.//

The Romans had pubs... it seems this is not a recent phenomenon. What on earth are we meant to do about it?