&gt; <i>Spent hours doing work […] whose purpose I can’t understand (that has been entirely new).</i><p>I don&#x27;t think it is related to the employee condition, but more with sub-optimal top-down communication.<p>I never worked without knowing the purpose of what I was doing, in my professional life. And I think that I will quit my job if this happens — I didn&#x27;t choose to work in a startup to work blindly on tasks without context and being able to participate.