Analysis.
Wess, my blog is a little late, no excuses.
I am attempting to strictly stick by the book, but it is difficult to develop any thoughts from someone else's experiences. This is the last week for an analysis and my first stop is Broken Careers, a chapter in Weight of the World, by Pierre Bourdieu. This chapter discusses problems that occur with the loss of one's profession. The first example given talks about ageism as a serious problem, almost the same as racism. The person who discussed this is a man who lost his job at the age of 45 years old and was not hired by another company for ten years. The main focus of what this man discussed though was focused primarily on him. He didn't seem as though he made himself to be a commodity, instead kept assailing that he was an executive, in spite of the fact that he was unemployed.
The name of this book is "Social Suffering in Contemporary Society". The two examples in the chapter Broken Careers, page 408-419, show a man and a woman who have lost their jobs, with the man providing for himself through other means, such as investments; but the woman in the story was a bit different. She was definitely forced out of the career, because it appears as though there was a differing of opinions. From the way the story was told, she must have been under an incredible amount of stress, because for almost a year, she was followed by another individual the company hired, almost exclusively to "hound" this woman, until she quit. (page 418).
While I sympathize with this woman, because this is never an easy situation, and it appeared to be because the boss's wife didn't like her for any specific reasons. In the end, this company fired the woman because of "loss of trust," which is mainly to say, "We have no other grounds to fire you, but we need something." Although there are three sides to every story, her side, the boss's side, and somewhere in between is the truth.
Question then remains, how do we prevent people from being fired for reason's that are not justified, or should we. In the U.S, there are laws to prevent the unlawful firing of employee's for anything other than "good cause." This site explains further the laws regarding the firing of employee's in the U.S.
http://www.itssimple.biz/biz_tools/text/P05_8105.html
From the premise of what I am reading in this book, it seems as though Unions, which are given examples on page 257-266, show that unions, striking against management isn't always the situational conflict negotiator. Unions while necessary in some situations, sometimes add to the problems, because they don't allow the employee's to work through situations with the employer, but act as a negotiator for the employee. This gives an impersonal feeling to the whole process. Also in the previous situation mentioned concerning the woman who was fired, neither she nor her employer discussed what the problems were, both parties apparently disregarded the problems, thinking they would end. Communication is a key element in handling these conflicts. Laws were designed to enable people to have a voice, when injustice occurs, which it appeared to have happened in this situation.
There are many examples in this book which I could use and I enjoy looking at the different scenario's, because as a people we learn best through stories.
I am attempting to strictly stick by the book, but it is difficult to develop any thoughts from someone else's experiences. This is the last week for an analysis and my first stop is Broken Careers, a chapter in Weight of the World, by Pierre Bourdieu. This chapter discusses problems that occur with the loss of one's profession. The first example given talks about ageism as a serious problem, almost the same as racism. The person who discussed this is a man who lost his job at the age of 45 years old and was not hired by another company for ten years. The main focus of what this man discussed though was focused primarily on him. He didn't seem as though he made himself to be a commodity, instead kept assailing that he was an executive, in spite of the fact that he was unemployed.
The name of this book is "Social Suffering in Contemporary Society". The two examples in the chapter Broken Careers, page 408-419, show a man and a woman who have lost their jobs, with the man providing for himself through other means, such as investments; but the woman in the story was a bit different. She was definitely forced out of the career, because it appears as though there was a differing of opinions. From the way the story was told, she must have been under an incredible amount of stress, because for almost a year, she was followed by another individual the company hired, almost exclusively to "hound" this woman, until she quit. (page 418).
While I sympathize with this woman, because this is never an easy situation, and it appeared to be because the boss's wife didn't like her for any specific reasons. In the end, this company fired the woman because of "loss of trust," which is mainly to say, "We have no other grounds to fire you, but we need something." Although there are three sides to every story, her side, the boss's side, and somewhere in between is the truth.
Question then remains, how do we prevent people from being fired for reason's that are not justified, or should we. In the U.S, there are laws to prevent the unlawful firing of employee's for anything other than "good cause." This site explains further the laws regarding the firing of employee's in the U.S.
http://www.itssimple.biz/biz_tools/text/P05_8105.html
From the premise of what I am reading in this book, it seems as though Unions, which are given examples on page 257-266, show that unions, striking against management isn't always the situational conflict negotiator. Unions while necessary in some situations, sometimes add to the problems, because they don't allow the employee's to work through situations with the employer, but act as a negotiator for the employee. This gives an impersonal feeling to the whole process. Also in the previous situation mentioned concerning the woman who was fired, neither she nor her employer discussed what the problems were, both parties apparently disregarded the problems, thinking they would end. Communication is a key element in handling these conflicts. Laws were designed to enable people to have a voice, when injustice occurs, which it appeared to have happened in this situation.
There are many examples in this book which I could use and I enjoy looking at the different scenario's, because as a people we learn best through stories.
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