Usually I agree with everything you write, but not this time. I'm the son of OKIE migrants. The Amazon type job you describe is how workers in production companies earn a living, like my parents when they finally found work. Paying for food and shelter was their first priority. It is not an employer's task to nurture your spirit but t…
Usually I agree with everything you write, but not this time. I'm the son of OKIE migrants. The Amazon type job you describe is how workers in production companies earn a living, like my parents when they finally found work. Paying for food and shelter was their first priority. It is not an employer's task to nurture your spirit but to run a successful company which may require many workers in routine jobs. I've worked production on a punch press hour after hour to buy food and pay for college and also as a creative scientist much later. Many of my coworkers shunned creativity and value limited jobs with fixed time and scope. Human values can be created by you with your family or friends unless you break out of the mold and also achieve this through your occupation
Grandchild of a Dustbowl refugee (Binger, OK) Sometimes you have wallow with a sow, but she will eventually pull you out of the mud. But I do understand what Sarah is trying to say. I made money in the potato sheds and oilfields around Bakersfield and the people in those places were colorful for sure. But those jobs were nothing like these jobs today. Community was sort of built in, a naturally coalecsing river flowing toward a few cold beers later on or a barbeque.
No, it is not an employer's task to "nurture your spirit." But to say that is to miss the author's point entirely. When I worked assembly I related to other live human beings who worked with me. When I fell short it was through human interaction that I learned. Automation and efficiencies are positive...to a point that we have long passed.
Usually I agree with everything you write, but not this time. I'm the son of OKIE migrants. The Amazon type job you describe is how workers in production companies earn a living, like my parents when they finally found work. Paying for food and shelter was their first priority. It is not an employer's task to nurture your spirit but to run a successful company which may require many workers in routine jobs. I've worked production on a punch press hour after hour to buy food and pay for college and also as a creative scientist much later. Many of my coworkers shunned creativity and value limited jobs with fixed time and scope. Human values can be created by you with your family or friends unless you break out of the mold and also achieve this through your occupation
Grandchild of a Dustbowl refugee (Binger, OK) Sometimes you have wallow with a sow, but she will eventually pull you out of the mud. But I do understand what Sarah is trying to say. I made money in the potato sheds and oilfields around Bakersfield and the people in those places were colorful for sure. But those jobs were nothing like these jobs today. Community was sort of built in, a naturally coalecsing river flowing toward a few cold beers later on or a barbeque.
Much has been lost.
No, it is not an employer's task to "nurture your spirit." But to say that is to miss the author's point entirely. When I worked assembly I related to other live human beings who worked with me. When I fell short it was through human interaction that I learned. Automation and efficiencies are positive...to a point that we have long passed.