Crisis and work
Too much work, no job, a job that does not meet, a job that is not enough to make ends meet, a work environment in which we live badly: there are many situations that can bind a state of crisis to a work situation (or lack of work). Certainly in today's society the main reason of crisis is often caused by unemployment, a condition which in turn fits within a broader framework of an economy in crisis, increasingly global economy whose mechanisms seem to fall more and more often due to errors of measurement and bad faith with which some, indeed many, are acting.
basically work, if you choose to play one, with some differences from person to person and from job to job, plays a role: keep busy, makes a profit, avoid boredom, time frame, gives meaning, allows integration social, is a source of identity. It is also said that the work is a source of creativity and skill and keep healthy, it is argued that in fact in many ways the work ennobles man, of course, is hard to see how effective this potential labor especially for some categories of work and especially if one considers the fact that each year the number of workplace fatalities continued to rise. Even if work you can die, its lack or dissatisfaction towards their working reality can be a serious source of stress, helplessness, irritability, anxiety and concern.
Here, I open the "windows" on the job, for example, of course, but not exhaustive.
Crisis and type of work:
Sometimes the crisis does not come from the lack or loss of job, but dissatisfaction towards the type of work we do. Sometimes we put aside our aspirations and we chose the certainty of the money, the reality of job security, work that allows us to reconcile our time with the family or that more befits a lifestyle that is appropriate (or at least we used to consider this), or have instead chosen a risky job, adventurous, and the certainty and security that allow other jobs , begin to "make us groove." And so, sometimes more or less suddenly the "perfect mechanism jams" and we are left with a high level of frustration and with a desire to leave everything, cursing each working day and the "golden cage" in which we more or less consciously held. Other times, we evaluated our choices consciously and carefully, however, the need for change breaks powerfully into our lives and puts us at a crossroads with two directions: stay where you are or take a new road.
We must remember that the way to "live" and feel its working dimension affect a number of factors: individual predispositions, social environment, family background, practical needs (money) and irrational needs (satisfaction, self esteem, social recognition, image , etc.).. Ideally, rational and irrational needs always coincide, but nevertheless this is the situation more difficult, and so sometimes we have to be "tossed" in the conflict between "the heart and reason" and more, especially when we are in crisis, the reasons of the mind and the reasons of the heart, not always "speak" clearly, we create even more confusion than ever. Often, when the experience that sends us in crisis is dissatisfaction with the work behind this sense of frustration emotional needs are not well deciphered or rational requirements that force us to respond equally rational. The situations may be the most diverse, certainly the attitude that should take a careful analysis is critical and maybe you can also ask for expert advice from an expert who will facilitate in making us aware of our needs and our reasons for the crisis. We must bear in mind that once deciphered the reasons for the crisis, we have to choices, choices definitive and categorical, are well-considered, should assess the risks and benefits and if the "worth it" you can choose to implement them. Certainly not always and necessarily the solution to the crisis must be a final choice, sometimes you can find a smooth solution. For example, if your greatest desire is to earn more, you need to understand what is the way to do that: two jobs, a career, a different job, a parallel activity. If the desire is to give room for creativity, you can radically change jobs or even maintain it, carving out, however, non-work spaces in which to unleash creativity. The greatest risk in this kind of crisis is that fear of change (the sense of responsibility for some, the inability to take responsibility for others) paralyzes us and remains there to throw down and tell dissatisfied, and do nothing constructive choices. The healthiest attitude is rather to decipher the needs and see what possible ways you can travel to meet them. It is seen that very often those who dare to get results much more satisfactory than those who remain trapped in their fears, but as mentioned above, the categorical choices are not for everyone, you can then choose some little creative adjustment to be made to their working lives and beyond.
may also happen that the crisis that we feel like work and we tell ourselves as such, instead of hiding other issues but we do not like to deal with. Ultimately, it may happen that we start complaining about how it is destroying the work because it is easier to blame the job rather than admit that we are living in unsatisfactory relationships, which we lie to ourselves, that we do not have the courage to change their lives. Listen, understand, is the first way to begin to assess if it really is about the size of work that we must implement a change or whether they are other spheres of our lives that need to be reviewed. E perhaps, after the crisis, our work will return to delight in, or maybe not, but anyway we will act with greater awareness.
One factor that should undoubtedly be taken into consideration is that, of course, does not mean that what we liked at twenty to forty is to our liking, and at the same time, crises of life, accident, may dramatically influence the degree of satisfaction from work.
can happen that the change comes knocking at our door, we must understand when it is appropriate to do so come in and when it is appropriate to send him away, do not change by force but at times, however, if you want to live a full and satisfactory it should be.
crisis and lack Work:
stressors arising from unemployment are different. Among them must be considered disposable income decreased, the concern of failing to meet financial deadlines (costs of food, lodging, transportation, etc..), The emergence of feelings of insecurity for the future, lack or loss of goals and ambitions that correlates to that status, such as the reduction of social life, the restriction of activities and interests, limiting the sense of personal freedom. It can also be an important part of the fear of losing their skills for non-use, the emergence of feelings of inferiority, decreasing self-esteem. Specifically, it seems that there are some typical negative reactions to the lack of work: •
employee attitude: to rely on institutions is seen as the only way to employability;
• vindictive attitude: the institutions are perceived as responsible for their own discomfort;
• defeatist attitude: the work is useless, the world is dangerous and should be refused the proximity (reaction of antisocial behavior);
• innovation: it reflects the cultural importance of the goal but the lack of emphasis on legitimate means and lack of opportunity lead to the use of alternative methods, unlawful; •
rebellion: the conviction that the failure to achieve the goals stated depends on the structure of the company brings to refuse obedience to any social structure. According to Goffman
the condition of unemployment means that the individual experiences a sort of "identity denied" this interpretation of unemployment there is no doubt understand how difficult it is to live and unemployment because people often end up jobless play a role in the Vicar of "consultant", senior, student, to prevent the erosion of self-esteem and demoralization. E 'undeniable: at least for a large part of our Western society, work defines our identity and bind to it in our lives. The point is that, beyond the personal inclinations (workers or enthusiasts who love the sweet doing nothing) we need the work, marks our days and is a dimension closely linked to our sense of self-efficacy. There are many studies which have been observed through the effects of unemployment on people, these studies show us that:
1. those who have experienced periods of unemployment is less stressed for those who are first time;
2. the difference between those who have family and those who do not is small;
3. who attributes his failure to a specific area of \u200b\u200bhis Life is more stressful for those who extend it to life in general;
4. the liability is greater for those who are unemployed the longest;
5. move from one job to another can be even more difficult if it involves a worsening of working conditions;
6. working conditions are very important for the older unemployed. That claim will certainly be greater for the unemployed who are not their first work experience, having worked for years in the same sector and have therefore gained much experience and they built a family in the meantime;
7. who has dedicated his life to a single application may wish to retain identity built through years of difficult choices and career (Sennett, 1998) and therefore the greater the amount of time spent working in the same sector, the lower the willingness to accept a different job and leave unemployment.
Moreover, it appears that the unemployed person is more important, in order: a sense of personal satisfaction, to feel useful, to establish social relations, solve economic problems. And yet, it was seen that the strength of the sense of self-efficacy is significantly related to the number of job-seeking activities (Decker, 1963) and a lower impact of the negative effects of stressful work situations (Jimmieon, 2000)
For Seligman people after repeated failures in reaching their objectives, autoconvincono to be powerless in the face of adversity, renouncing all activities that could improve the situation, especially when the failures are attributed to a causal factor is stable over time and procedure. This means that if the repeated failures in finding a job or in the outcome of the talks are attributed to lack of personal capacity and not lack of effort or high difficulty of the interview itself, the unemployed may feel helpless and decide that it is worth the trouble groped . The decision to resign will be more likely to be as close to retirement age, because the eventual success of the job search will be perceived as too temporary to be worth it.
It seems essential to mention here that reminds us of what Sen (1997) (although his speech fits into a broader economic and employment policies), because people learn by doing, the forced inactivity due to unemployment causes unlearn not doing, unless we put to the test, the less we do, we learn less and less we believe we can do. In fact one response to unemployment is the restriction of the (Agency restriction theory): it restricts the type of possible actions (Fryer, 1986) and compromise with their own projects, with their lives. In the condition of unemployment and then take over two of the form of restriction: an objective, we can define forced by the very condition of unemployment, which, not having a job no experience, do not we form and we are increasingly 'out of the market "The other form of restriction of the action, means that, beyond the actual possibilities, the unemployed person starts to experience yourself as a victim of the system and said that many things for him that is unemployed is not possible.
What destroys the person with the most unemployment is the feeling of losing control of their lives, and so begin to be less adequate coping strategies.
However, what you must do is: • not restrict
actions;
• avoid slavery money, ask, take action (but we shall see later, for example, there are a number of disparate types of activities you can do for free) •
not let yourself lean on (share their problems is important, both with people who also live in first-person with whom you feel then to be "in the same boat" - and with people who but do not live the same situation and as such there may be more support and provide alternative strategies to the way we deal with the problem);
• activate resources and alternative strategies.
- Segue.
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