I really don't think that feeling trapped in miserable jobs is anything new. That has existed since jobs were invented.
It really isn't the broad economic issues. We have a huge population that are living in a financial fantasy world. What really has changed is more people are in precarious financial situations due to debt.
The biggest issue is that they don't really understand the basic nature of a job. It is not something that you do for personal fulfillment. It is not something that you do to live out your own dreams. Sure, you might find some fulfillment in doing a job well or doing a job that is important but the basic fact is that all jobs suck in some way. You are giving up your precious and finite time doing something that you wouldn't do willingly for free and they give you money in exchange.
Then, once you receive that money, you have the entire world collectively trying to extract it. They are not looking out for your best interests. They are looking to extract that money to use in a way that benefits them. They do it by both enticement and by force of law. If they can't get it any other way, they will take it by devaluing it through inflationary pressure.
The only solution is to learn how to control how your money is earned and how it is spent. As a society, we are teaching neither. It is not really a matter of the overall economy in general. In the Great Depression when the economy was at its worst, lots of people became wealthy.
There's always been a tension between employers and employees. One side seeks to increase profits and production and the other seeks to gain some wealth by working and helping the company do it's job. It's just gotten so polarized and impersonal now I think. I remember working for companies that pushed their employees too hard, and failed to recognize the value of a good employee or a key employee. So the good and key employees tend to leave and over time crucial skills and knowledge slip away and the company declines or fails when that happens.
Maybe with AI and corrupted media the equasion has changed and happy, engaged employees are not seen as necessary now.
Makes me wonder if the disintegration of the workplace environment is not the result of the overall disintegration of societal norms... the crazes are getting crazier... and there's becoming more of them... this appears to be the trend not just in the workplace, but where the workplace is nothing more than one indicator of society as a whole... and that trend is being expressed across the entire social spectrum.
excellent report
thank you
BJ
I really don't think that feeling trapped in miserable jobs is anything new. That has existed since jobs were invented.
It really isn't the broad economic issues. We have a huge population that are living in a financial fantasy world. What really has changed is more people are in precarious financial situations due to debt.
The biggest issue is that they don't really understand the basic nature of a job. It is not something that you do for personal fulfillment. It is not something that you do to live out your own dreams. Sure, you might find some fulfillment in doing a job well or doing a job that is important but the basic fact is that all jobs suck in some way. You are giving up your precious and finite time doing something that you wouldn't do willingly for free and they give you money in exchange.
Then, once you receive that money, you have the entire world collectively trying to extract it. They are not looking out for your best interests. They are looking to extract that money to use in a way that benefits them. They do it by both enticement and by force of law. If they can't get it any other way, they will take it by devaluing it through inflationary pressure.
The only solution is to learn how to control how your money is earned and how it is spent. As a society, we are teaching neither. It is not really a matter of the overall economy in general. In the Great Depression when the economy was at its worst, lots of people became wealthy.
There's always been a tension between employers and employees. One side seeks to increase profits and production and the other seeks to gain some wealth by working and helping the company do it's job. It's just gotten so polarized and impersonal now I think. I remember working for companies that pushed their employees too hard, and failed to recognize the value of a good employee or a key employee. So the good and key employees tend to leave and over time crucial skills and knowledge slip away and the company declines or fails when that happens.
Maybe with AI and corrupted media the equasion has changed and happy, engaged employees are not seen as necessary now.
The bottom rung of society knows this feeling of being trapped. Welcome to the real world. I don’t see it getting any better…
Makes me wonder if the disintegration of the workplace environment is not the result of the overall disintegration of societal norms... the crazes are getting crazier... and there's becoming more of them... this appears to be the trend not just in the workplace, but where the workplace is nothing more than one indicator of society as a whole... and that trend is being expressed across the entire social spectrum.