Alienation Case

Josh Peavy

Working In America

Alienation. Alienation and integration has played a major role in society I many ways. When you think of alienation you don't think about it when you are talking about your own personal life from work to home and home to work. But a person can become alienated from their own lives in many ways; from not seeing their family from day to day living or not having or maybe not having any family and burying yourself with work and not knowing yourself. If we look at the reading of "Bartleby, the Scrivener" we can see alienation in the workplace. Bartleby is forced to work at a desk that's surrounded by a green screen. The reason in doing this is to alienate him from the rest of the office and co-workers. This also alienated the other scriveners and described by the narrator. His lack of resolve when dealing with Bartleby angered them because they knew that if they would have taken the same actions, they would have been dismissed much more rapidly.

The industrial revolution of the late 19th Century and the early 20th Century was difficult for the people while members of the business class could accumulate money. Industrial workers lost control of their means of production and management of their days as they moved to factory work. Other difficulties workers faced during the industrial revolutions were the leaning of the new jobs and basically learning a new way of life.

Currently employers make many methods to help the employees to avoid feeling alienated. They try job enrichments to help prevent jobs from becoming repetitive, they encourage team-building exercises, and sometimes even casualness among co-workers so that every one can feel comfortable. No one wants to feel left out or alienated so it's not only up to the managers or supervisor now its part of being a team. It is imperative that companies institute training and skill workshops that help employees enrich their jobs.

If I were a business owner faced with employee alienations I would institute motivational programs. The motivations of employee leads to improve job involvement, reduce alienation, and better organizational results. We also provide more empowering work for the employee by trusting them to do their jobs without so much micro managing. When employees feel trusted, they feel confident, and more focused and the energy is used accomplishing the task at hand instead of worrying about who is looking over their shoulder.

In the story of Sisyphus I believe the Greeks have envisioned pushing