Everybody
can have part-time jobs
Since all of the businesses
work for the city government, businesses are put into competition only
to inspire one
another, not dominate or hurt one another. Furthermore,
businesses do not "own" their employees. Every person is a city
employee, and the businesses are just temporary organizations of those
city employees.
In this type of economy, it is acceptable for people to
have
more than one part-time job.The remainder of this section will explain
some of the advantages to this policy.
To
reduce monotony and physical injuries
The human mind and body
evolved for the type of chores that our prehistoric ancestors had to
do, so many of the chores in a modern society are unnatural
for us.
This can result in certain jobs causing physical problems, such as
carpal tunnel syndrome or shoulder problems, and some jobs are
mentally
difficult or monotonous, such as watching radar screens and working on
certain types of assembly lines.
None of the existing cultures care about the quality of life, no
society promotes the concept that jobs should be designed to be
appropriate for the human mind and body. Modern businesses
have adjusted their jobs to be somewhat appropriate only because there
have been decades of riots, strikes, and complaints about dangerous
working conditions.
This Constitution promotes the theory that jobs should be one of our primary
pleasures in life. Therefore, instead of expecting people to work
full-time on jobs that are physically or mentally irritating, those
jobs should be set as part time.
To deal with our unique
characteristics
None of the existing
cultures are willing to believe that every person
is a unique jumble of genetic characteristics, and that men and women
have slightly different physical and mental characteristics, so no
society promotes the theory that every job should be adjusted to fit
the particular characteristics of the employee. Instead, every employee
is expected to do what the other employees do.
This is as idiotic as expecting everybody to perform exactly the same
in athletic events. This unrealistic attitude creates frustration and
stress among the employees who cannot do what the others are doing.
For example, if a man in a construction crew has so much
less stamina than the others that he can keep up with them for only
four hours, and then he becomes so tired that he becomes less
productive, he will be a burden on the team, an irritation
to the other
employees, and frustrated with himself. It is more sensible to have
that employee work for only four
hours, and then switch to a less physically demanding job, such as in
an office.
Nobody benefits by treating people as if they are equal in abilities.
Rather, we benefit when every person is at his maximum productivity. We
also benefit when everybody enjoys their job and has a pleasant
attitude.
Another example, mentioned here, is that
the
employees who have problems with their bladder or kidneys should have
their work environment adjusted so that they don't have to pee in
bottles.
This constitution requires the managers of
all
organizations to adjust a job to fit the particular mental and
physical
characteristics of the employee. We torment one another when we expect
everybody to be identical in their abilities.
The people who have
trouble working a particular job on a full-time
basis should do that job on a part-time basis so that they don't
become unproductive and frustrated.
Adjusting a job to fit a person's genetic characteristics is bizarre
for a free enterprise system, but it is a policy that is typical for
families. For example, we do not expect
grandparents, pregnant women, or young children to do the same amount
of yardwork as a healthy teenage boy. Instead, we adjust the
household chores
and yardwork according to a person's abilities.
The competition for profit in a free enterprise system favors the
business executives who are more interested in profit than the quality
of our lives. This constitution changes the situation by
requiring the businesses to put human life ahead of profit. Jobs must
be adjusted to fit each employees's physical and mental
characteristics, and the unpleasant jobs should be part time, such as a
few hours a day, or a few days a week. The goal is to reduce physical
injuries and monotony, increase productivity, and allow more people to
enjoy their job.
To deal with “burnout”
The people who do certain
types of intellectual work, such as engineers, computer
programmers, technicians, writers, and scientists, can
become frustrated with a problem, or run out of ideas on what to do
next. If they continue to push themselves, they can waste their
time and create even more frustration.
Some managers are aware of this concept, and they advise an employee to
take a short break from his work, but that isn't always beneficial.
From my personal experiences with
intellectual chores, when I become
confused about what to do, I find it is sometimes more productive to
switch to some other task, and return to the unfinished task later that
day or on another day.
The Employment Ministry is required to investigate the issue of how to
design a work environment to be most beneficial to us, and the most
productive. They need to analyze such issues as the number of hours and
days we work, when a break is useful, how long a break should be,
whether a recreational activity is a more appropriate break than
resting, and whether it is best for a person to switch to a different
job for a while.
We want candy,
but do we benefit
from it?
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However, as with all government agencies, the Employment Ministry must
ignore what the employees and management want and try
to figure out
what is best
for them.
For example, Rosseto Serving Solutions promotes
break rooms that have their food dispensing machines, but do employees
truly benefit by taking a break from their work to eat candy, potato
chips, and soda?
Or will the employees have a better life, and be more productive at
their job, if
they don't have any food during their breaks, and instead do something
else, such as relax or socialize? Or should they have something more
nutritious, such as some fruit?
Since Kastron consists of neighborhoods of tall buildings surrounded
by nature, when the weather is nice, the employees might be even more
productive if they take a
break from their work and go out into nature to either relax or get
some exercise by walking, riding bicycles, swimming, or playing a game
with the other employees.
If the weather is not so
nice, they could go to a breakroom, but
instead of providing them with
candy or food, it would provide them with comfortable furniture and a
nice view of nature and the city. That would provide them with a
pleasant place to relax and give their mind a rest. They could also
discuss the problems they are having, which can help them get ideas on
what to do.
Some of the break rooms
could be for men only and others for women only. Since all of the men
would have to meet high standards, some of the break rooms would be
able to mix the men and women without the women worrying about lewd
remarks or being bumped into.
To
reduce the people who don't have enough work to do.
There are some jobs that
are necessary, but which do not provide enough work for a full-time
job. An example are firemen.
Rather than hire a group of firemen to do nothing all day while they
wait for a fire, it would be better to classify the job of firemen as
"intermittent". The people who want to be firemen will
have some other full-time job, or several part-time jobs,
and they become firemen only for training
exercises and when there is a fire. They resume their primary job
when they are
finished
dealing with the training or extinguishing the fire.
In a free enterprise system, employees are so afraid of losing their
job that many of them are reluctant to tell their boss that they don't
have much work to do. Furthermore, many people don't want to work, so
they are happy when that situation arises.
As the Sharing document
points out, we must be intolerant of parasitic people. Therefore,
people who don't have enough work to do are required to inform their boss about
it, and if their boss doesn't have enough work for them, then their job
must be switched to part-time, and they have to get another part-time
job.
An
employee who remains silent about having nothing to do is considered to
be a deceptive, selfish parasite,
and he must be evicted. We
cannot expect this type of
economic system to function properly when some of the people are
parasitic.
Employees
can work with their competitors
In a free enterprise
system, most businesses do not want employees to have part-time jobs at
their competitors
because they are competing for their survival..
However, with this Constitution, all of the businesses work
for the city, and they are in competition to be the most useful to the
city. They compete with each other only because we need
competition.
Therefore, there are some jobs that a person can do for his competitor.
For example, a technician who has a part-time job maintaining machinery
at one company could have a part-time job maintaining machines at a
competing business. As long as the technician does not
sabotage one of the businesses, he will not disrupt the competition
between the businesses. He would be in a similar role as an independent
business that provides maintenance services.
This concept is similar to how some athletes share the same coach, even
though they are competing with one another.
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