It sounds good, noble and ideal. However, it is not the actual reason why people look for job. Think of the hundreds of thousands of Filipino domestic helpers who have to leave their family, small children behind, and even babies because of the need for money to support them and sometimes fall victims to abusive and exploitative employers. Think also our seafarers who have to stay several months in the middle of sea, braving harsh and all kinds of weather just to have the needed dollars for the food and education of their children. Given a choice, they will not take any of these thankless and unforgiving jobs.
The phrase would rather more appropriately explains why many chose to stay or continue in a particular company and do a particular job among other choices that they may have. Self-fulfillment is not the reason why we look for job, rather self-fulfillment is the meaning we find in having this or that particular job.
Karl Marx argued work to be the nature of the human person. The Bible shows participation in the creator's act through human labor. All of these are testimonies of the great importance of human labor.
Money is important. Compensation counts a lot. Labor cannot do away with rewards. That is why government has to assure and even protect the rewards of labor.
Karl Marx argued work to be the nature of the human person. The Bible shows participation in the creator's act through human labor. All of these are testimonies of the great importance of human labor.
Money is important. Compensation counts a lot. Labor cannot do away with rewards. That is why government has to assure and even protect the rewards of labor.
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