Have you ever stopped to think about the sacrifices being made by us, human beings, in the name of work ?
The sacrifice on behalf of the outcomes and goals of the company are worth it, even if it involves family, friends and health?
It is required that people are always exceeding their limits, always doing more and better. However, everybody has limits. It is as if there were a denial of the fact that we are humans at all . This leads to suffering.
The pretty speeches of organizations, distant from reality, help to worsen the workplace even further. One thing is what is said, other, what is really appreciated in corporate world. For example, many companies claim that diversity is not only welcome, but also encouraged. Notwithstanding, when an employee says something that contradicts the manager, or shows a different way of seeing things, he or she ends up being punished. Basically, companies prefer that everyone act equally and think alike.
Add to this the disastrous performance evaluations, a tool used to manipulate, (it takes ou of the way who bothers, valuing those who accept the game rules) and we will have an environment in which harmful behaviors are likely to thrive.
The feelings and ideas of incompatibility that the individual feels about their work, the world and other people's expectations begin to emerge.The result is the falling ill of individuals. It doesn't matter if he/she observes and accepts the informal rules of the corporate world; he/she will get sick somehow. This happens because, in the world of alienated labor, rarely a person can be its own.
