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Comments on: What Color Is Your Collar and Does It Limit or Matter When Looking For The “Good Life”? https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/what-color-is-your-collar-and-does-it-limit-or-matter-when-looking-for-the-good-life/ Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:22:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.9 By: Shaner https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/what-color-is-your-collar-and-does-it-limit-or-matter-when-looking-for-the-good-life/#comment-393 Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:22:47 +0000 http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6085#comment-393 I think the concern should not be whether blue or white collar is better. The concern should be why it matters. Both are equally important and both should be equally celebrated. Both blue and white collar workers posses skills and/or knowledge that the other does not. A successful company should have to ability erase the divide between blue and white. Unfortunately, for some workers, blue and white alike, this divide can never be overcome.

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By: Myra https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/what-color-is-your-collar-and-does-it-limit-or-matter-when-looking-for-the-good-life/#comment-392 Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:52:27 +0000 http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6085#comment-392 For me, the definition of the good life boils down to one simple question. Do you like what you do? The reasons for liking or disliking a job are as varied as the people who do those jobs. To say that a particular blue collar job is better or worse then a white collar job really depends on the individual. If you can answer the question, “Do you like what you do?” with the word yes, then it doesn’t matter whether it carries the label blue collar or white collar. You are leading the good life.

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By: Audrey https://mikerowe.zestsms.com/2009/06/what-color-is-your-collar-and-does-it-limit-or-matter-when-looking-for-the-good-life/#comment-391 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 05:34:48 +0000 http://www.mikeroweworks.com/?p=6085#comment-391 I guess we have to ask ourselves questions about quality of life when we look at work; what it gives us – and what it takes in return. One family I met and befriended while living overseas really made an impression on me in this regard. The male head of this family had achieved a very high rank in management for an Asian automobile company; he worked incredibly long hours, and the family had lived on various continents over the course of about two decades. White-collar work at its best(with all the perks); but at what cost? Long hours, multiple relocations, extensive forced social networking that perhaps left them feeling numb, superficial and disconnected, along with the constant pressure of behavioral expectations – like an intricate, unscripted play. Did they earn the ‘good life,’ money, rank and privilege? Yes; maybe. But were those gains outweighed by the sacrifices overall?

Too much of anything can become a bad thing no matter what color your collar is, and feeling trapped in one’s circumstances (especially employment) can certainly lead to discontent. That being said, it should not be a foregone conclusion that white-collar work is more preferable than blue-collar work, or visa versa. Still, blue-collar work has been relegated to a place in most people’s minds (and, respectively, their voices) as undesirable, objectionable, and suited best for the ‘less able’ in our society. All of this ~ certainly a complex issue that needs to be addressed from a number of angles! We, as a society have done this; how do we undo it? When will we again say, ‘Hey, that person has a job and is working hard at it. That deserves my respect and admiration.’?

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