Work has always served as the great American barometer of worth and identity. Our occupation is the number one socially approved means of justifying our existence, and not just the type of occupation but our performance there. When we talk about success or failure in life, it’s assumed that we’re talking about work, which means that a job is never just a job, but an identity. It is where we locate our enoughness and, as such, the spring from which our strictest pieties flow.
Work and workism
Work and workism
Work and workism
Work has always served as the great American barometer of worth and identity. Our occupation is the number one socially approved means of justifying our existence, and not just the type of occupation but our performance there. When we talk about success or failure in life, it’s assumed that we’re talking about work, which means that a job is never just a job, but an identity. It is where we locate our enoughness and, as such, the spring from which our strictest pieties flow.