Perhaps we should measure a person's prosperity not in how many dollars he makes, but in the price he pays to earn each dollar. If the purpose of money is to make you comfortable, if you can get there without it, you have achieved the end.
There is often an emotional cost to earning a living. We call it working condidtions. This is not to say hard work is necessarily bad. It can be good. Hard work can even be the best of work.
But, sometimes the price we pay is too high. Like, the times we lose our values. Or, the times we give up integrity. Like the times the stress of the job is too great. That is not to say all stress can or should be avoided. Some stress understandably goes hand-in-hand with the job.
But, it is good when the company steers clear of placing stress on the employees, when that is possible.
Sometimes, lose of health is the price of the job. That, of course, isn't good. I think mostly of those who work around harmful chemicals and substances.
Would be good of a society if it were to give consideration to these things, if more companies had initiatives to improve their working conditions.
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