Wednesday, June 3, 2009

My future work life

Basically I have concept for work life which is no discrimination, improving our skills, and respect each workers during workers. I never have had same situation, it is like in our texts. I do not think I face these situations in my future.

I have learned a lot of situations in work place, it is not only U.S. It happen in the world. Actually, I did not how bad campany Wal-Mart is in U.S. Unfortunately, I might be on the side of Wal-Mart because my major is Business. Therefore, I alway think about business profit and cost, I understand why Wal Mart did that.

However, I have policy to work. I have to provide good work conditions that worker enjoy to work, and making good profit as a company in my work place, even though it is really hard. I could make one think anew about how important we have a good relationship with workers form this class.

Sunday, May 31, 2009

In conduction my interview

During my interview, I have noticed some thing about my interviewee. I was also surprised my interview as a my friend. She was strong to have her opinions. She generally understood why she is working because she was answering my questions in a clear and firm tone of voice, quickly. She told me she work only for money and she does not care about what her boss thinks about her. However, suddenly she was slow down to speaking when I asked about her private time. She worked 6 day a week. For example, I asked what do you to have fun in your off. She was laughing to answer that "I'm trying to have fun". I knew that could not because she has to do the house work in her off. I felt he is really tired emotionally.

Friday, May 29, 2009

In United State of the similar case of The Take

There is the Famous Republic Windows and Doors story: 260 workers occupied their plant for 6 world-shaking days in Chicago last Decenmber. With a savvy campaign against the company's biggest creditor, Bank of America (" You got bailed out, we got sold out") and massive international solidarity, they won the severance they were owed. And more-the plant is re-opening under new ownership, making energy-efficient windows with all the workers hired back at their old wages.

This is one of the similar cases, but there are so many cases in the world after recession, then many workers are losing jobs. The owners of a big firms have to close factories, but they also have take care of workers of the factory.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

History of strike

I have remembered a famous strike in New York City because I cannot imagine that my country. Three years and half ago, MTA went on strike in NYC. I did not believe that because if they do, people can not move without a subway. Also their strike was illegal, so they were really serious. In my country, some companies sometimes strike, but I don't think their seriously go on strike because workers think about consumers that they should not make trouble with customers. On the other hand, companies exploit their feeling.

Monday, May 18, 2009

A stranger's touch

This is a great article which is very related our topic, but that's terrible situations, like a walmart and Nickel and dimed because the owners are cheating worker out of wages. The owners take advantage of immigrant's weakness that they do not have working visa.
First of all, I do not like the title because they are not stranger, they are working for surviving. Even though you do not know them and they do not speak English, they just working.
Secondly, I could imagine this situation more than we read book and watched movies because this incident is in Manhattan. Even though I have never been to a spa, I heard this situations from my friends. I know nowadays beauty business a spa, massages and pedicures have large market share in NYC. For example, I have a friend, she love to have pedicures. She go to have pedicures once a week. She told me some workers do no speak English in Harlem, but it is cheap. I understand pedicure is only painting on nail. Even though workers do not professionals, they can work.
i think I know this situations before taking this class. I can feel very familiar to these work conditions. On the other hand, I think Manhattan is difference because wage is more higher than other cities. Even though owners cheat workers out of wages, I think most worker do not complain the wages because its enough.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Re Essay 3 questions

Research Questions
How effect do you think globalization for your job?
How emotional labors and globalization deal in your work?

Interview Questions
Why did you decide to come to USA?
What different is to work here than your country? How?
What do you think your wage?
How do you spend your free time? Do you enjoy?
What do you think your boss wants you to do?
Do you worry about what your boss and coworkers think about you?
Do you have good relationship with your boss and coworkers?
What do you feel comfortable or not? When? Why?
What is the most happiness things during working?
Why do you work here? How do you feel?
Do you feel any contradictions?

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Post 6: Essay 3 Questions

Research question
The question is clearly to know how effective your jobs is for others?
For example,
How effective is your job for global economy?
How is your job helping on around the community?
What do you think your job will be able to change issues, environments, work situations and
some discriminations if there is something in your work place?
What do you want to do neighborhood in your work place while you are working?

Interview questions
The question is about your feeling during working. I need to know your work situation for your coworkers, your boss and yourself. I focus worker's emotion.
For example,
What you think your boss wants you to do?
Do you worry about what your boss and coworkers think about you?
What do you feel comfortable or not?When? Why?
What is most happiness things during working?
Why do you work here? How do you feel?
Do you feel any contradiction?
















Thursday, April 23, 2009

Post#5 How are we a part of the global sconomy?

I am a part of the global economy as consumer. I have used many products which are form third would. I think nowadays these products are very important us because of price. Even though some products is not low quality, a majority of people choose cheap products. The film Mardia Gras is the festival in the other state in USA, but we have a similar event which is New Year Count down at TimesSquare in NYC. I was surprised the a lot of trash after the count down. The many trash are some accessories and goods for the events. I think these things are made in poor countries. However, we can not call off that because there is business and celebrating. Therefore, we have to learn what happen in the world who make products who used it. To know is very important because we will be able to change our mind. We will not waste the products. If there are some problems or working condition in factory, we will complain the owners. First we understand the situation, and then we can take next steps.

Sunday, April 19, 2009

# post what is work form the poem.

The poem sound very sad. Working is very hard and boring for us, also sometimes finding job is more hard.

Many people are working even though they want to do because of lo wages and not interesting. However, people have to find jobs and work. During finding new jobs and working no interested jobs, they will think about other things what other people do and why we have to work, but any we have to work anyway.

I just feel sad and negative this poem for working even though I know it is true.

Sunday, April 12, 2009

#3 Gender and working

Growing in my country, I had noticed a lot about gender and work. It is totally difference from other country. Traditionally, we could not allow women to become to a higher position in work place a long time ago because of our culture. So most women has been doing only housework after their got married, and men had to take care of everything for family. However, we have been changing our mind that people think man and woman should be fair as working because we are affected by other culture especially U.S.A. Although, some women have tried to live without helping form man and they have become to a CEO or stared own business. Unfortunately, traditional our idea about man and woman is still remain deeply rooted in our society because I think many old traditional men still dislike women work long time beside not get married. In addition, some women think about do want to work, and believe man have to take care of all after married. In my opinion, I can flexibly to understand other cultures and I notice some men is lower working ability than women. So I can think about fare between man and woman,but I believe man need to take care of his family. For example, man should not be housekeeping even though his wife can take care of all. And men should do heavy physical work instead of women. Gender is not related to working.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Post#2 Status

I have belong to many communities in our life , then I think my status depends on communities because how I belong to theses communities.

In my neighborhood, I do not think there is my status because we do not talk too much. In addition, in my family, my status is low because I have a mother and a father and a older brother, so actually I am youngest brother. I am not any responsible for anything. Also I do not live with together. However, if we live together, my status would be same place because of back ground and situation.

However, I belong to many communities, then sometimes I have to organize a group and am responsible for taking care of others because my experience and career that people want to depend.

Each community is not a same group that people come from different situation and back ground. I aspire to status in my communities because I understand my position.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Post #1 My current job

Currently I have worked LaGuardia Community College as a tutor who teach Japanese.
Usually I work to do tutoring and teaching Japanese in Lab.

The tutoring is that four hours a week and the student do not need an appointment, they just come in the office and I help their homework. Helping homework is not hard because most students want to check the answers, but sometimes tutoring is really hard because Japanese and English is totally difference, so they have struggled to learn that even though they love it.

In addition, I have to teach Japanese in Lab to use computer and Internet an hour a week. Actually, it is most hard challenge because I'm not cut out for teaching and speaking in front of people. I do not get used to teach in Lab yet even though I have worked for 1 year. However, I have had an great opportunity to explain Japanese because my field will be business manager, so in the future I have to do a presentation as jobs. Teaching Japanese is improving my weak point.