The Growing Degradation of Work and Life, and What We Might Do to End It

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Title The Growing Degradation of Work and Life, and What We Might Do to End It
Publication Type Miscellaneous
Pub Year 2015
Authors Yates, M. D.
Keywords neo-Taylorism
Abstract

When we combine relentless time pressure with the mind-numbing and physically destructive nature of most jobs, we have a recipe for acute human misery.

Notes neo-Taylorism"Corporations have used all of the control mechanisms at hand, techniques that have become both more sophisticated and punishing, to get fewer workers to convert ever more of their labor power into actual effort. This is true not just for manufacturing concerns like auto companies, which pioneered modern Taylorism, but by all private businesses (and public sector establishments such as colleges and the Social Security Administration), including especially today those in the service sector."
URL http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/29643-the-growing-degradation-of-work-and-life-and-what-we-might-do-to-end-it