I learned a lot this week about what it means to be in a global economy. It first means that you are not just competing with people in your own country for work. You are actually competing with people all over the world for the same positions. Not only that...you are struggling against being left in the dust by those who swore to help you but can't even help themselves. It is funny when you stop and think about it. You are, for better or worse, judged by some unseen person that you don't know from Adam to do work that you can't possibly achieve and do it better than the thousands of others who are clamoring behind you for the chance to take your position away from you.
When you are unemployed, this pressure to conform and achieve is stronger because now you're one of the many thousands clamoring behind the few that are fighting tooth and nail to hold onto their jobs. I know I'm not painting a rosy picture. There is no room for dreams in a world where the few hold sway over the masses of ragged and hurting people. Yes, I do believe that there are some dangerous precedents that most tend to ignore to our country's detriment in the way most companies in the US conduct business. Because we are now a global economy, we must now fight for workers' rights not only in our country but around the world. Only then we will see some break in the high unemployment numbers we're seeing both here in the US and around the world.
I know for my own sanity that I have to start thinking of how I can serve globally, and not locally. As much as I hate to say it, most of the good paying jobs are going overseas. Companies claim that the people they bring from Asia are smarter and more willing to work. I disagree. I believe that there are literally thousands of people just as smart and are just as willing to work. How to prove this is another challenge.
No comments:
Post a Comment