Monday, January 26, 2009

Respect for every job in the West!

Is there really equality in the west when it comes to job descriptions?! I mean do people consider a janitor and a CEO the same? If they do then how do they get ahead?!! Doesn't aspiration mean to go to a higher place?! If everyone thought being a janitor is good enough then no one would want to become a manager or a CEO.! I understand in the west people of lower job-descriptions dont really respect their superiors the way we do in India, i mean they dont have to stand while talking to the CEO or not share the same table for lunch but does that mean they are really equal or are they just tokens of compromise on a superficial level?!

A man works very hard to climb up the ladder and to become a CEO, so he doesnt have to face the same life of being a janitor, he doesnt want to be looked down on, he wants more power, attention and respect. The same man becomes the boss tomorrow. Then doesn't that mean the janitor is not good enough.! So how on earth is that equality of workmanship!

If all that is only on a superficial scale that to for people who grew up in a different world and get carried away by the sweet talk, manners, the green grass and the glazed windows. In reality i dont think there is a such thing. Calling your boss by his name doesn't not make you his equal and he didn't work his way up just so he can make your life better. Every boss cherish his power and control over others and he likes the fact that you are his subordinate and below him and he has the power to fire you. If there is no carrot and stick to climb up then people would have no reason to work for. If some people cant look through the superficiality then they dont get the meaning of Hierarchy. Hierarchy is not a chart that goes from left to right but rather from bottom to top.

No ones want to be a cabie or a janitor the rest of their life. Some people are scared shit about not being recognized. In the US there is this word that everyone dreeds and no one wants to get identified with, its called "looser". No one wants to end up as that and there are ceratin jobs that only losers do. All this doesn't constitute an equal world. The World we live in wont work if there was equality. Its not to say thats the right way but thats the way it has become.

I respect people not for the work they do but for the fact that we all as humans go through some sort of suffering, so in general i have respect for their life as sentient beings and not for what they are worth in the market.

Friday, January 9, 2009