Karl Marx Alienation

According to Karl Marx, he believes that work at its best is what makes us human. In addition, one of the four ways that workers suffer from alienation is that they cannot used their own products that they have construct to fulfill their own needs while working for a company. So, they cannot use their own products because the possessor owns the object. The workers are alienated from what they have work hard to produce. The second way that workers suffer from alienation is that the possessor chooses how and what they must make. Since the possessor does not give the workers a chance to have a say, they do not have the authorization to use their own creativity to pick what they want and how to create something. Furthermore, the third ways that workers …show more content…
I work as a security officer. So, the pro of my job is that I get to work by myself without having a supervisor nor a manager who is watching me during my shift, and to tell me what I should do and should not do. Also, I get to watch movies, talk on the phone, and do my homework while I am working. I sometimes work overnight shift, so I must do something just to keep me awake. If I do not like the site that I am working at, I can ask the supervisor to send me to another site that I might like. Furthermore, the con of my job is that employees do not get any raise even if he/she has been working for the company for a long period of times. Several employees quit because of that. Personally, I only have six months since I have been working for that company and it is not a job that I will work for my entire life. That is why I am in school so I can have a better career. Also, employees must work on holiday seasons while the supervisors are off during the holidays. Overall, they do not care about us employees, they just want us to show up to