Employers and Robbers!

Thank you all for your comments. My apologies for not writing earlier. I have been busy with work and things happen which are all part of life but because work takes so much of my time and energies, I am left with no time to do all the things I want to do! And I put the blame entirely on exploitative employers!

Have you noticed how hard we Malaysians work? Especially we Klang Valley folks. I think we must be the most hardworking people in the world -- and the most boring! We work, work, work and work to earn a living and don't do much of anything else! Leisure is a luxury. When we do find some time, we shop until we drop! We have hobbies but have little time to take them up seriously. We want to read but are always rushing from one place to another and are too unsettled to sit quietly in our favourite places with a book. Infact, I suspect, many don't even read the papers!

When we go out with friends, it is not to socialize but to destress -- thanks to the long and hard hours we put into our work! What have we turned into? Like the KitKat ad, we have become working machines, and become so good at it, that most of the time we are on auto pilot and don't even notice it! Until we crash. And then it is too late. And there's no point in blaming anyone because the damage would have been done.

But, really, someone must take the blame for robbing us of a better quality of life. And that "someone" is no other than THE EMPLOYER!

Employers who squeeze you of the last breath of energy "to make you work for your pay" should be sent back to the Dark Ages! They give baby carrots as bait and make you work your pants off for them! And, we have no choice but to literally kill ourselves to earn a living because that's what work will do to us. But, does the employer care? Of course, not! He has his agenda and everything must fit into that and, if in the process it takes its toll on the workers -- too bad! Take it or leave it!

But, of course, we can't leave it because we need a job! So, we stomach the crap and day by day become lesser of a human being

Why can't our employers be a bit more humane? Create an environment where we work within the standard hours and go home to family, leisure, hobbies, reading -- life. It would recharge us and make us better workers and better people. And, employers will find that easing on the pace of work will eventually result in more productive workers and a better quality of product and services.

If only people are not so driven that it blinds them from seeing the damage they are causing!