

Technology is helping companies further blur the lines between work and life








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RE: The Biggest problem...
By Radnor on 9/16/2008 11:33:48 AM , Rating: 2
You missed part of my post. I work 39 Hours per week atm. This employer gives decent formation, and cares quite a bit.

There are several employers as you mentioned it, and we do pick it. I have a superior degree as well, and i usually tend to pick my jobs. The thing is, few companies adopt the logic or managing like the one i am now. As you said in your post, you are now for 9 years. I left my old "job" in 10 months. The average worker there didn't last for more than two years.

The government doesn't need to save me from my job, i work in IT it is fairly safe. But many other different business needs to be inspected by the government. You would be surprised by the lack of safety in most companies. And im European, where safety laws are quite strict.

Ive it wasn't for the government, unions, and, as you said very well, the level of education of the workers, we would still be in Industrial Revolution times.

Like we see in China. Were they never get late to work, they live in their work. Does that sound like balanced to you ?

RE: The Biggest problem...
By arazok on 9/16/2008 11:52:02 AM , Rating: 3

From the perspective of someone who works 9-5 and owns a car and a house, no.

From the perspective of someone who toils in a field somewhere for 16 hours a day just to feed themselves, it’s a major improvement.

Everything is relative. China is building the foundation’s of an industrial society. As more people move to the factories, they will demand better wages and treatment. Eventually, they will enjoy working conditions similar to what we have here. The rules of supply and demand dictate that as China exhausts it’s supply of labor, labor will demand, and get, better treatment…. with or without government and unions.

RE: The Biggest problem...
By Radnor on 9/16/2008 11:58:37 AM , Rating: 1
I see ithere is a problem there in the US with government unions. Well, in Europe there aren't usually such things as big unions become, in the long run, money sucking associations. But yes, what we see in china is what we saw in Europe about 200-150 years ago.

Again lets wait and see.

RE: The Biggest problem...
By masher2 (blog) on 9/16/2008 1:15:46 PM , Rating: 5
> "But yes, what we see in china is what we saw in Europe about 200-150 years ago"

It's the natural progression, part of the transition from an agrarian to an industrial society. It wasn't the government that improved working conditions-- it was rising productivity and competition for workers. The first standardized 8-hour workday and the first perks like employer-supplied health insurance didn't come from government mandates... they arose from companies attempting to win and hold scarce skilled workers.


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