The Work Environment
Extended Writing
Topic: Does the age impact on working people? What has caused this change?
The aim of this task is to demonstrate an understanding of current issues affecting the workplace. In this report I will be focusing on the over 50 age group. Specifically I will be looking at whether or not age impacts on working people and if it has improved or worsened.
Work plays a very large role in people’s lives. It has several definitions. Paid employment is considered to be the most important type of work. It provides individuals and families with income to help them survive and to live happily. In today’s society “work also provides people with self-identity and status”. People go to work for different reasons, to get money, improve their education and simply because they have to.
Traditional work patterns have changed rapidly. There is no longer an idea of a ‘job for life’; it just does not seem possible in today’s society. We learn new things everyday; we never stop learning no matter what our age. With this we are constantly trying to improve, whether it is being promoted, getting a job with higher income or simply pushing ourselves further. The idea of a ‘job for life’ is disappearing as many people who do have full time jobs, have been through p ...