Are Corporate Jobs a New Type of Slavery?
Corporate jobs are losing their lustre given the high number of stories of existing employees are being highlighted.
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The very quotation of “Slavery” brings in the display of racism, discrimination and colonialism, which existed not less than a century old in and around the globe. Equating, corporate jobs to slavery would be an exaggeration of work in corporate sectors. However, if we bring in the discussion in figurative terms, then an argument could be made. Corporate houses are no “Salt-of-the Earth.”
- High Profile Centric
The environment of high-profile standards, with lucrative titles in the sectors, with low wages, makes it a draining status for the employees.
- Ladder Ranking
Climbing the ladders in a corporate sector is no simple “Cup of tea” which comes at ease. It requires a lot of hard-work and energy. The constant pressure of deadlines and targets add more fuel to the mental and physical health of the employees.
- No Freedom of Decision Making
It’s not the employees sitting with the laptops who decide the directions. But the ones sitting in closed chambers with air-conditioners holding the treads of “Puppet-Employee” act as decision-makers. Which suppresses not only the freedom but also the decision-making ability of the worker. However, with all the drawbacks, the corporate sector comes come with some promising careers in this competitive era.
- Opportunities and Exposure
Working on diverse projects, and schemes in training environments bring a lot of new opportunities for employees to add to their skills.
- Promotions
The “Performance-based” promotions act as a motivation and various incentives schemes push the employee to work and add to his/her career growth.
- Work from Home
The post Covid-19 has created a new “parallel universe” of work with its work-from-home culture, providing many distant skill employees to earn sitting at home using their electronic gadgets.
Competitiveness has increased in the globe. No matter which sector one is working, it will have its merits and demerits. As beautifully quoted by Jim Rohn, “It takes time to build a corporate work of art. It takes time to build a life. And it takes time to develop and grow. So, give time to yourself, your enterprise, and your family the time they deserve and the time they require.
