Working is a Community

Working is a community. Everyday we come together to do a job; if we don’t, we don’t get paid. If we don’t get paid, we don’t eat and we don’t have a home. Not to mention that if we don’t work we don’t get to play; we wouldn’t be able to afford it. It’s kind of like good versus evil; without one, the other doesn’t exist. Without work, we can’t play. We have bosses and other types of leaders that keep us going. They give us projects to work on and goals to reach for. They lead us and keep us together, keep us focused on the same long term goals: sell more products, produce less scrap, have another clean audit, whatever your circumstance, their job is to help you get there.

We often have similar interests with the people we work with. Different industries attract different sorts of people, so the likelihood of having common interests is good. If you work in a service industry, such as food service, you likely enjoy being around large groups of people; if you work in the manufacturing industry, you may prefer activities involving smaller groups of people. The people I work with care about others. They value family and friendship, and go out of their way to help when someone is in need.

There are occasional tensions; someone thinks they shouldn’t have to do something because it’s “not in their job description,” or they “don’t get paid enough to do that.” There are also times when we are all busy beyond belief, and then someone calls in sick and the rest of us have to pick up the slack when we barely have time to do our own jobs. Times like these are trying, but we get through it. We pull together and get the job done, no matter how big or small.

My work ethics are pretty strong; so are they of the people I work with. And not only do we all get along at work, we are all pretty close on a personal level as well. We are all of a common age group, and we are all at similar places in our lives. We understand what the others are going through, and we help when others are in need. This is a community that I am proud and pleased to be a part of; caring, compassionate, fun people who like to laugh and have fun, but can get anything done when they work as a team. Who could ask for more?