Not my week to post but this article is starting to make rounds again, published earlier this year:
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/in-the-name-of-love/
In it the author tears apart the idea that we should "do what we love" from more than one angle. Here are a couple snippets...
"Ironically, DWYL reinforces exploitation even within the so-called lovable professions where off-the-clock, underpaid, or unpaid labor is the new norm: reporters required to do the work of their laid-off photographers, publicists expected to Pin and Tweet on weekends, the 46 percent of the workforce expected to check their work email on sick days. Nothing makes exploitation go down easier than convincing workers that they are doing what they love."
"Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life! Before succumbing to the intoxicating warmth of that promise, it’s critical to ask, “Who, exactly, benefits from making work feel like non-work?” “Why should workers feel as if they aren’t working when they are?” Historian Mario Liverani reminds us that “ideology has the function of presenting exploitation in a favorable light to the exploited, as advantageous to the disadvantaged.”"
What do you all think? Should we do what we love, or demand something more from our employment? Is the author right?
Good food for thought as we all approach graduation...
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/01/in-the-name-of-love/
In it the author tears apart the idea that we should "do what we love" from more than one angle. Here are a couple snippets...
"Ironically, DWYL reinforces exploitation even within the so-called lovable professions where off-the-clock, underpaid, or unpaid labor is the new norm: reporters required to do the work of their laid-off photographers, publicists expected to Pin and Tweet on weekends, the 46 percent of the workforce expected to check their work email on sick days. Nothing makes exploitation go down easier than convincing workers that they are doing what they love."
"Do what you love and you’ll never work a day in your life! Before succumbing to the intoxicating warmth of that promise, it’s critical to ask, “Who, exactly, benefits from making work feel like non-work?” “Why should workers feel as if they aren’t working when they are?” Historian Mario Liverani reminds us that “ideology has the function of presenting exploitation in a favorable light to the exploited, as advantageous to the disadvantaged.”"
What do you all think? Should we do what we love, or demand something more from our employment? Is the author right?
Good food for thought as we all approach graduation...
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