Fruits of Labor Unfortunately more often than not, stories punctuated by the line “I hate my job” have reached my ears. The reality of mankind’s tendency to be lazy and despise hard labor stands in complete opposition to the basic truth of the universe: we must work to survive and thrive. Luckily, in the economic system in place across nearly the entire globe, the jobs we assume not only provide us with a means of self-sufficiency, but a path to better ourselves. Each and every experience in our lives provides an opportunity for growth and advancement, a fact that is usually preached in a cliche “learn from your mistakes” or “get better every day” speech. However, listening to a lecture rarely if ever prompts an immediate realization and …show more content…
The 48 bottles of water, Pepsi, or Mountain Dew I would carry at a time approached nearly 70 pounds. By the end of a gameday the burning and aching sensation from carrying weight with solely my arms and driving my body up countless flights of stairs ripped across my body like a raging wildfire, pain signals racing through my neurons and flooding my brain. The level of exhaustion I felt was in was directly correlated with the number of dollar bills in my pocket. This incredible incentive I feel has instilled me with a work ethic that is second to none. Even today, I am consistently the top seller for many games and last season finished as the overall twelfth best seller in all of Memorial Stadium. My first job, being one that I have now maintained for 5 years has been an incredibly beneficial part of my life in building my self-reliance and determination to …show more content…
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In today’s society you either have to work hard to live a good life, or just inherit a lump sum of cash, which is probably never going to happen. So instead a person has to work a usual nine to five just to put food on the table for their families, and in many cases that is not even enough. In the article, “Why We Work” by Andrew Curry, Curry examines the complexities of work and touches on the reasons why many workers feel unsatisfied with their jobs. Barbara Ehrenreich writes an essay called, “Serving in Florida” which is about the overlooked life of being a server and the struggles of working off low minimum wages. Curry’s standpoint on jobs is that workers are not satisfied, the job takes control of their whole life, and workers spend
Currently, human beings are thinking more on the line of they need work in order to make a living. For that reason, work has become meaningless, disagreeable, and unnatural. Many view work as a way to obtain money and not a meaningful human activity that one does for themselves. The author states that there are two reactions of the alienated and profoundly unsatisfactory character of the modern industrial work. One being the ideal of complete laziness and the other, hostility towards work. Fromm believes the reason why people have animosity regarding work is due to their unconscious mind. Subconsciously, a person has “a deep-seated, hostility towards work and all that is connected to it” says Fromm. I believe what Fromm is saying to be true, after all I witness it everyday. Millions of people each day goes to a work which they are dissatisfied with and that can negatively impact their attitude
In the story of “Harvest of Shame, Harvest of Gold” the author Matt Nocton shows us the daily jobs of the workers. The workers daily job was trying to even today’s standards and also my job. Working as a machinist is trying in ways that can test your patience and even lead you to your breaking point. The job required me to glue blocks together weighing about a ton when finished. Also, the job was very trying when I needed to inspect parts and read blueprints with .005 tolerance. Another process trying for me at the start was setting up and running machines. The hardest for me was reading the lines of codes on the screen stating where the machine is cutting. My arrogant bosses think they know everything and not wanting to train me.
The first piece of evidence Etzioni brings to your attention is that the only possible skills you can gain from these types of jobs can not be used in later careers you may find yourself in. He says that teens work just to spend their money on “trite” things such as, “flimsy punk clothes, trinkets, and whatever else is the last fast-moving teen craze” (287). How can this be true when Etzioni doesn’t compare what these teens spend money on
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Response: I agree with Steinberg that working affects adolescents that are going to school. I believe that teenagers should concentrate on their studies and not become overwhelmed with the added stress of work. There is plenty of time for them to learn the “real world” of working, so why not let them be kids and have them worry about their homework and after school chores, rather than trying to make the almighty dollar.
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Jobs won’t only support teens for the things they want, but it can help benefit for the things they need. The first things teens think of for their future are going to college and getting their first car. But, let’s say there’s a well educated thirteen-year-old, raised in a low-income family, who has plans on going to college. There’s no way their family can support him to go to college, and its funds could be over-whelming. The only way they could go to college is if they started saving at an early age. Therefore, if they got a job at the age they were at now, they’d be on their way to college by the time they graduate high school. Or, another example would be, if a teen wanted to get their first car on their sixteenth birthday. As you may know, many teens don’t get things handed to them on a silver platter, so they’d have to buy that car themselves. They might be old enough to drive, but they just turned the legal working age. Once they get a job, they’d have to wait at least a year to have enough money for the car as well as its insurance.
Analysis of the labor market in the economy reveals a reduction in vacancies while the number of job seekers significantly increases over the past few decades (Dickerson, 2008, p.1). Particularly, the youth employment looks worrying with a serious downward trend with so many of them unemployed. The numbers of free people who are full educated or trained have also decreased. The unemployed in the economy are either inactive or unemployed. The annual changes continue to show a rise in unemployment of young people both for student and others. With lack of government employment as well as training programs, many individuals opt to seek for self-employment (Dickerson, 2008, p.1). Statistic continues to show that there has been an increase of workless people in comparison to the vacancies available. The general picture, therefore, remains that labor market constantly fails to meet the needs of people regarding employment. Although this is the case, there has been some variation across regions with Scotland and Wales in the UK showing decreased performance. There remains a risk that employment will increase in the coming years. The present concern is long-term unemployment, specifically with regards to the youths who are most disadvantaged in the labor market (Dickerson, 2008, p.1).
In “Americans Are Overworked, but Still Surprisingly Happy on the Job,” Suzanne Lucas claims that an appropriate amount of work can make workers feel satisfied, but
The rate of unemployment for the 18 – 31 age groups nearly doubles that of the next age group comprised of their senior cohort. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 63% of the stated young adult age groups were not employed in 2012, with this being the highest percentage in forty years (2012). Most parents have a very strong influence on the course of the career their children choose to follow. Finding employment that will support a household with established debt from college and other growing expenses has proven to be a real challenge.... ...
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