article_snippet.sent: Coffee morning: Britain at work .
article_snippet.sent: The tyranny of the nine-to-five is about money (of course), but also about moral worth: we work because we know we should 'pull we weight' in society's tug-of-war.
article_snippet.sent: On any morning, in any town or city all over the world, people stream into people places of work, some driven by a sense of vocation, some by resigned boredom, some by greed, some by need.
article_snippet.sent: Surely it is work, not love, which makes the world go round?
article_snippet.sent: Joanna Biggs makes it bleakly clear that for many people today, 'the idea that good work brings a good life no longer holds'.
article_snippet.sent: Joanna Biggs writes: 'I continuously heard that people loved people jobs, and sometimes this worried me' The scope of the book is broad.
article_snippet.sent: We meet those who are selling, entertaining, thinking, caring - as well as a curious clutch of people Joanna Biggs lumps together under 'Starting': a goldsmith's apprentice (one of my favourites), a rebellious intern, an entrepreneur specialising in 'start-up' technologies, an unemployed graduate.
article_snippet.sent: There's also a 56-year-old man on Mandatory Work Activity, usually known as 'workfare' - the Government initiative designed for those on Jobseeker's Allowance, to help those on Jobseeker's Allowance 'gain a better understanding of the discipline and focus required for work... while at the same time making a contribution to the community'.
article_snippet.sent: Joanna Biggs clearly does not think very much of 'workfare': in fact, it's clear Joanna Biggs despises the scheme.
article_snippet.sent: In contrast, Joanna Biggs writes: 'I continuously heard that people loved people jobs, and sometimes this worried me: this felt as if work was becoming more insecure on one hand, and the work ethic increasingly revered on the other.'
article_snippet.sent: That's the trouble with the workers, you see.
article_snippet.sent: the workers've always been unpredictable individuals who may like or dislike the workers jobs but just get on with life, turning the workers backs on revolution.