subject: Coming Home When Work Pressure Builds [print this page] Summary: A tough economy can force individuals to make decisions they might never have made in better financial circumstances. However, the end result is often a much more profound appreciation of life and less willingness to work in a traditional workplace.
Coming Home When Work Pressure Builds
There is a growing concern for America's workforce in the current economy. In so many cases they now feel as if they could be unemployed for something as simple as asking for time off even if that time is owed by the company.
Many parents had seen ideals like flexible hours as an advancement in the workplace. They found it possible to enjoy family life a bit more while allowing their work to wrap around a family schedule. Many no longer feel they can take advantage of flex scheduling.
The recession has caused many employees to, "Shut up and get back to work". The words may never be said, but the common belief is that by doing anything to upset the flow of their employment the job could go away.
A common assumption is that anyone that causes management problems might be the next to be let go. This belief follows the trend of employers looking to reduce their workforce. Can you blame workers who wonder if they might be next on the job cut chopping block?
Vacation time is abandoned and in many cases the equity of those vacation days is lost at the end of the year. Employees may be calling in sick less often and there may be less contradiction of superiors. This may sound like a positive thing, but the motivation behind it is fear not necessarily respect. This combination always tends to bring a negative atmosphere to the workplace.
This is why many workers are at least dabbling in part time work at home opportunities. These individuals want to know if it is possible to make a break from the stress of the workplace and gain some control over their time and emotional resources.
Workers are being drained of their reserves. Employers may actually want their employees to take some time off, but the economy makes it hard for the worker to believe it is in their best interest even as they feel they have very little left to give.
This can have a negative impact on family life as well. Arguments might erupt among partners who are stretched too thin and can't offer much as they simply try to survive the 'no-win' situation they find themselves in.
An interesting phenomenon is taking place across the United States. In places where the economy has forced individuals to make tough decisions because of job loss one of the growing ways families are coping is through work at home jobs.
Many of these jobs require little if any start up capital, and no leased office space is required. In some cases the worker is a telecommuter who works for someone else while in other cases they are considered a freelancer. Some work at home businesses rely on manufacturing and each is based on the skills and personality of the worker.
A tough economy can force individuals to make decisions they might never have made in better financial circumstances. However, the end result is often a much more profound appreciation of life and less willingness to work in a traditional workplace.
If it's true that necessity is the mother of invention then work at home jobs are a great invention serving a profound necessity.
