Whats Going On in the World of Work?
The working environment has lost its human dimensions. The following are just a few developments that have an impact on employees’ relationships with their work: 1. The corporate world has become more immense and more separated from the concerns of ordinary people than ever before. Mergers and acquisitions flatten corporate cultures into a denominator with which it’s difficult to feel common ground. A thriving, independent business becomes a minor operation within a bigger “strategy” or process over which no one seems to have control. A few people sitting at the top and lurking in financial markets manage to skim incredible wealth from corporations, but the midlevel person, like you perhaps, isn’t getting any richer. And worse than that, you’re probably feeling unappreciated, underpaid, and exploited by new demands. You’re expected to do more and do it faster. You may have lost some benefits, and many around you have lost their jobs entirely. The public sector doesn’t hold up much bett
