work

What do we work for? Some people work hard just to make ends meet. They can barely survive, let alone have savings. Other's work for a better tomorrow, to have a happier life and get by more comfortably. Other's work cos its fun, and its kinda cool to get paid having fun. I belong to the latter category I suppose.

It's kinda sad to see friends who work so hard till they are stressed and demoralised. So sad that they don't even wanna work anymore. And yet they aren't really rewarded for their hard work.

They say that labour laws don't allow you to work more than 42 hours a week. But that only refers to manual labour if you read the fine print. Executives can work till the cows come home and nobody cares! Oh, but they say executive can quit anytime he wants mah, can always find another job. yeah right!

At least if you are an investment banker you look forward to hefty bonuses and therefore its worth it to work till 2am every morning. But for government workers? Hell no, its way too much to expect them to work on nights and weekends. Yet quite a few people on msn are working RIGHT now. i feel sad for them.

They say in western countries people never really want to retire. They always want to be working even when they are old. But in Singapore, everyone is working so that they can retire early. Everyone wants to retire, such that the govt has raised its retirement age to prevent this.

Then again, there are a lot of people who sit around the office and do absolutely nothing. nothing except surf the net and shop for golf equipment or something......

sigh. at least i'm hella busy but its not cos of work.....