dimanche 2 novembre 2014

Workers and their woe


How would I begin? Progressively doing my experience on work market, there is no doubt that the end of the week is the happiest of all moments in work schedule. All the employees are happy to get off the factory, or any facility they are serving.
Sociology science did understand that the place of work has changed in people's life. Long time ago, people worked to accomplish themselves; the fruit of work was a life matter. Since the Industrial Revolution, people go to the factory « every day » because they have to.
The same sociology thinkers say that the social class of workers are living to make it to the holidays. Since this part of history, off days activities are the new reasons to make life interesting. So I suppose life is interesting two days a week?
It is well documented that by the time of most people were living in farms, life was difficult because no Wallmart was providing cheap goods. Today, this shopping monster is providing ready to break supply that consumers are so happy to buy at low price, thanks Uncle market (that is the name I will give to the market economy).
Well we are asked every day, would we prefer going back to old times life, starving and getting bored in farms with a caring family, or is not it better to go to work every day, produce what is asked for and spend the pay check every two weeks until the couple breaks, tired of all this?
I am answering no to Uncle market. The « F » word I ear every day at job from tired companions is making me sure « everybody hates his job » (ref. movie « Office space »).
It is not normal that every workers have a sad time going to work. Time oppresses people. Days are long and each year goes so fast doing what? Loosing our time for someone else's profit. This not only about money; profit is a matter of money but the value of work is mostly calculated in productivity and in time spent in the work place.
Employees are suffering at work, and the boss knows it when he makes a visit in the production area with a big smile. He is happy of his situation and wants to force a smiley time to the ensemble of employees in front of him. The boss knows his employees are feeling sad all week long, but he also calculates that they have not enough money to have fun outside home on holidays, so they are bored on week-ends. The difference between being sad on working hours and bored on week-ends is making your boss proud of at least providing you revenue to survive. Not being sick, not freezing and starving is maybe enough to have a life plenty of fun.
Please react, this is a work in progress

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