What effect does work have on peoples lives and aspirations?
As with all debate questions the answer can be argued in two ways.
The first is that work has a positive effect on peoples aspirations encouraging them to move up the work ladder and work towards their ideal job (and their ideal pay). Companies are usually seen to give their employees perks and support plans such as medical care, dental, company cars and such like, encouraging their employees to work towards the next level. In a lot of companies this does work, however the employee must already be passionate or good at what they do. If there is no passion then there will be no motivation.
The other side of the argument would be that if someone gets into a job that they didn't really want as their career or something that was intended to be temporary, then it can be hard to be motivated to move up in the company. Similarly if someone leaves it too long after getting a degree, or is out of employment too long, they are seen to have lost their skills.
For example if after completing a degree the student then goes home and back to their part time pub job, and ends up there for too long, it can be hard to then make their way into their desired employment.
Another example is students going travelling. People often get carried away, staying too long, and then either lose motivation for getting into employment or find it very hard to justify where they have been and what they have been doing for the past so many years.
Bibliography:
Noon, M (1997). The realities of work. London: Palgrave McMillan.
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