> Furthermore, those who work in clerical and administrative jobs are far less likely to view their jobs as useless than those who are employed in roles that Mr Graeber regarded as essential, such as refuse collection and cleaning.
If your survey of 44,000 workers across 35 countries found that admins view their jobs as not useless, your survey is fucked.
I have a hard time believing that garbage men and janitors would describe their jobs as useless. They may be undesirable (to some) but there is no argument whatsoever to be made for them being useless.
It may just be the common perceptions of these jobs are so pervasive, it influences the worker's own assessment. It's certainly in character for the bureaucrats to consider their jobs to be important. Desensitized to petty politics and constant surveillance, they probably thought their answers would get back to their boss, and didn't want to appear redundant.
> Furthermore, those who work in clerical and administrative jobs are far less likely to view their jobs as useless than those who are employed in roles that Mr Graeber regarded as essential, such as refuse collection and cleaning.
If your survey of 44,000 workers across 35 countries found that admins view their jobs as not useless, your survey is fucked.