THOUGHTS ON THE COMPLAINT OF WORK
Alright, so once in every so often (is that even possible?) people get into a season and complain about work. I say a season because I hope it's seasonal and that eventually it generally goes away and then maybe comes back; at least sort of cyclic rather than constant.
My concern right now is what I will or will not be complaining about in a year or two. Among my peers, I did a check of averages considering the average person, working average hours for the average wage. Hypothetically, stereotypically and given a work you generally can do and enjoy being challenged at, a person 2-3 years in the working world would be clocking in about 10-12 hours a day and on the average s/he would earn within the 2-3K region. At 5 years, at the same amount of hours, the average executive wage would be 3-4K. By 7 years, that same person might be getting 6-7K.
Consider the life of a teacher. He starts work at 7am and finishes at around 4-5pm (10hrs), 5 days a week and earns in the 2-3K region. Now, why is it that teacher's complain so much in the industry? What are they complaining about? The CCAs? The marking? The meetings? All the "-ings" that add hours beyond the school day of 7am-2pm? How is that different from accountants' spreadsheets and financial executives' follow-up work on meetings that take up his time of the day? Arn't these the things that make up work?
So, whatever career anyone ends up choosing, the average workload and the average hours needed to complete it and the average pay come up to be about the same at the professional and executive level. By the end of 5 years, a teacher might get 3-4K too; yes, that's the average professional executives' wage.
Then why do we complain so much? We did afterall make our own decisions into the work we chose.
My concern right now is what I will or will not be complaining about in a year or two. Among my peers, I did a check of averages considering the average person, working average hours for the average wage. Hypothetically, stereotypically and given a work you generally can do and enjoy being challenged at, a person 2-3 years in the working world would be clocking in about 10-12 hours a day and on the average s/he would earn within the 2-3K region. At 5 years, at the same amount of hours, the average executive wage would be 3-4K. By 7 years, that same person might be getting 6-7K.
Consider the life of a teacher. He starts work at 7am and finishes at around 4-5pm (10hrs), 5 days a week and earns in the 2-3K region. Now, why is it that teacher's complain so much in the industry? What are they complaining about? The CCAs? The marking? The meetings? All the "-ings" that add hours beyond the school day of 7am-2pm? How is that different from accountants' spreadsheets and financial executives' follow-up work on meetings that take up his time of the day? Arn't these the things that make up work?
So, whatever career anyone ends up choosing, the average workload and the average hours needed to complete it and the average pay come up to be about the same at the professional and executive level. By the end of 5 years, a teacher might get 3-4K too; yes, that's the average professional executives' wage.
Then why do we complain so much? We did afterall make our own decisions into the work we chose.
posted by The Chilibuddy @ 9:30 pm ::
1 Comments:
i think people complain because of habit...ungratitude or whatever...it definitely colors your worldview...and also because people like to be at the mercy of a situation, to be victims if you will...cause even if they don't like what they do they could change it...but as someone once said, "no thanks, i'd rather complain" haha
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