Topic of work and family
Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2014 8:05 am
People spend more and more time at their work place and don’t spend enough time with family and friends. Why is this happening? What consequences can this have for the family life and society?
It is true that the ever intensifying competition in modern world is diminishing the amount of time people can spend with their family and friends. There are several factors contributing to this trend and they have various effects on individuals’ family lives and society.
The foremost reason for this trend is that people living in modernised cities have to continuously improve themselves in order for them to maintain their competitiveness. This involves constantly acquiring new occupational skills as well as working longer hours to become proficient in employing these skills. As a result, a bulk of employees’ time is allotted for such purposes and little is left for them to enjoy with their relatives and friends. In addition, the prevalence of computer technology which enables instant information exchange plays a key role in restricting people’s time spent on face to face communication. As most find it convenient to communicate via a computer, it is likely for them to feel reluctant interacting with others, which is considered more exhausted and time-consuming. Consequently, they would intend to spend less time with their family and friends.
Despite that spending less time with loved ones provides people with more time to pursue their careers, the negative effects of this on the well-being of a person’s family and society are numerous. Firstly, those who are often forced to work overtime would develop a sense of isolation and alienation because they are constantly confined at their workplace and have limited opportunities to interact with others. This in turn could affect their psychological health and hence, restraining their abilities to work efficiently. Secondly, not having enough time to spend with trusted ones means that a person would find it difficult to release the pressure from work through talking it out. If every person in cities were able to work happily and efficiently, the economic development of a society would suffer tremendously. Additionally, the well-being of their family would be adversely affected because it is impossible to maintain a happy and healthy family with the constant absence of one member.
In conclusion, modern busy lifestyle is responsible largely for the ever decreasing time for people to spend with their family. If there were no effective measures in place, the negative influences of such trend would cause more problems to both people’s lives and the society they live in.
It is true that the ever intensifying competition in modern world is diminishing the amount of time people can spend with their family and friends. There are several factors contributing to this trend and they have various effects on individuals’ family lives and society.
The foremost reason for this trend is that people living in modernised cities have to continuously improve themselves in order for them to maintain their competitiveness. This involves constantly acquiring new occupational skills as well as working longer hours to become proficient in employing these skills. As a result, a bulk of employees’ time is allotted for such purposes and little is left for them to enjoy with their relatives and friends. In addition, the prevalence of computer technology which enables instant information exchange plays a key role in restricting people’s time spent on face to face communication. As most find it convenient to communicate via a computer, it is likely for them to feel reluctant interacting with others, which is considered more exhausted and time-consuming. Consequently, they would intend to spend less time with their family and friends.
Despite that spending less time with loved ones provides people with more time to pursue their careers, the negative effects of this on the well-being of a person’s family and society are numerous. Firstly, those who are often forced to work overtime would develop a sense of isolation and alienation because they are constantly confined at their workplace and have limited opportunities to interact with others. This in turn could affect their psychological health and hence, restraining their abilities to work efficiently. Secondly, not having enough time to spend with trusted ones means that a person would find it difficult to release the pressure from work through talking it out. If every person in cities were able to work happily and efficiently, the economic development of a society would suffer tremendously. Additionally, the well-being of their family would be adversely affected because it is impossible to maintain a happy and healthy family with the constant absence of one member.
In conclusion, modern busy lifestyle is responsible largely for the ever decreasing time for people to spend with their family. If there were no effective measures in place, the negative influences of such trend would cause more problems to both people’s lives and the society they live in.