Alienation

follow a formal dress code. I am given my own office space, which includes three walls, a desk with a computer and a phone (with voice mail built in), and a chair. My entire job is done sitting at the desk with the computer in front of me. I am on the phone most of the time talking to customers. Everything done is through the computer, I place orders on an online form (which can be directly viewed from the shipping department). With this brief job description, I will now continue with a description of works functions and meanings.
             For most people, work is done for an economic purpose. Its function in general is to allow us to maintain our families and ourselves in an acceptable way. According to Rinehart, life begins for most people when work ends. The basic reason that people work is because it allows us to do the things we really enjoy. People choose to maintain one's self by working because "...unemployment erodes personal relationships and creates feelings of disorientation, despair, and worthlessness." (Rinehart, p6). People work in order to keep occupied and to keep from becoming bored. Individuals who hold steady jobs evaluate themselves as better than those who do not work. Among people who do hold jobs, self-esteem is differently distributed along the occupational spectrum (Rinehart, p.7). Honour has been given to those who work in and hold white-collar jobs, while manual labour comes second in comparison. What most workers want is to become masters of their immediat
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