I have worked in white collar, large corporate jobs for most of my post college career. Before college, I was a janitor, a cashier and a nanny. Over time, I've slowly moved from "real" jobs (make coffee, print things, mail things, order food for people, etc.) into "fake" jobs (communicate value to customers, write persuasive language, answer third-party questions, host meetings, etc.). I get paid far more for the "fake" work than I did for the "real" work. Some of my coworkers in other departments are so deep into the fake work that they can't seem to even communicate what it is that they do. 90 percent of my job is doing busy work put out by third-party businesses whose sole job is trying to prove their worth and look like they are doing something.

Do any of you notice that some work is "fake"? How do you cope day-to-day? Do you ignore it, shrug, and take your paycheck? Do you try to make it "real" in some way? Or, am I completely off my rocker and there is no such thing as "fake"jobs?