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I am thinking of the Japanese workforce (in the 1980's) and how the individual is part of the whole. In general, the concepts of right and wrong come from the whole and not the individual in this society. The person in the workplace is part of a small family unit in their department - often it is the supervisor that first hears of trouble the worker is having at home before friends or family would. It is also the duty of the worker to place their company first. The family also would place the company first and praise the organization above the competition. Overtime was like taking sacrament; expected and respected.
It is not that we have strayed so far from this we just never made it there. I had someone arguing this point with me some months ago and I recall asking them is they had ever heard of a strike-breaker. When have we made the workers feel safe enough to drop their guard? Toshiba never (that I am aware of) screwed over their people like some American firms have.
I suppose it makes me wonder at the concept of opening a company of my own; do I dare? Am I going to be set upon by the mercenary tendency (I, too, have this) that is so prevalent? And so damn necessary in our culture?
*shakes head*
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I just found out that my old business partner was in a horrible car accident. He was in the passengers seat but at the point of collision he was thrown from the van, I don't know how far. He will live but his spinal cord is severed. Now it is a matter of how much mobility that his body will have; more than likely he will be paralyzed from just below his arms. Current Mood:
 numbWe should have DSL in about a week at home. I love the library but this is a pain. I just went over the last several (although infrequent) posts that I have made. I have become one negative son-of-a-bitch. That alone should concrete my decision. Sorry about the wash of downtrodden and obscene posts in the last few months, folks. But if nothing more it made me realize that my attitudes are being directly affected. Is it better to suffer the slings and arrows of our corporate masters? Or to suffer the agony of unemployment? Current Mood:
discontentHappy Birthday to 'Nuff Said. I'm not stand offish. Let me know who your are and why you would like to communicate with me and I most likely friend you. |