STRESSED!!

I related most with the article "High-Tech Stress" by Jeremy Rifkin where he discussed how so many workers, especially those in countries like Japan, the employees in factories are facing terrible conditions. They are being forced to make products much more quickly so the companies can make more money. Devices are being designed to put pressure on the workers to spend less time assembling parts, talking to customers, or taking orders at fast food restaurants. Workers will start experiencing "burn out" where they have worked so hard for so long they become chronically fatigued and have to take off work. I feel like there should be limitations on working so that they body is not so worn down from work. Situations like that can take years off of a life, or even be the cause of death. So many more work place injuries or deaths could occur because the employees are exhausted and not able to concentrate as much.

Part of my work experience for the past few years can attest to this. There was constant pressure on us to make the burritos a certain size so we don't loose money and to be able to make them in under a minute, while still being friendly with the customers. On a slow day we would even be timed, and they would only keep the fastest employees on the line. The other workers were to be in the back making food or working the cash register. It is incredibly draining, and my situation wasn't nearly as bad as those in factories across the world.