In the Participatory Economics idea besides all the consumer and planning side proposals and reforms there are some suggestions for the workplace, I know that these ideas exist in different forms in other places, mainly left wing thinkers so far as I know but I figure it could be something that emerges with new innovations in start ups and changes in the workplace.
Anyway, the two things I'm thinking of are job rotation and balanced job complexes, job rotation can happen already, like Doctors who decide to rotate around different fields within their own profession, usually for a time during training and then they specialise, I dont know of any workplaces which employ a balanced job complex, maybe some sort of small indie company, the idea of which is that rotating between jobs within the workplace, all the jobs, so that could be domestic, security, technical, admin, is used to facilitate the payment of the same wage to all those in the workplace, possibly through a share dividend profit share.
So, this is pretty much all hypothetical, what do you think? Does the idea of either strike you as appealing, useful, interesting or does it seem stupid and likely to put you off that sort of a workplace?
The only politically motivated examples of job rotation I know of are Cuba, were they had Doctors or bankers come out and cut sugar cane, or China, which involved sorts of humiliation or humbling of intellectuals by getting them out to do manual labour in factories or more often agricombines, neither of those seem that great an idea, I know that Doctors insure their hands for a lot against injury, I know one who gave up rock climbing after they decided to specialise in surgical procedures.
Anyway, the two things I'm thinking of are job rotation and balanced job complexes, job rotation can happen already, like Doctors who decide to rotate around different fields within their own profession, usually for a time during training and then they specialise, I dont know of any workplaces which employ a balanced job complex, maybe some sort of small indie company, the idea of which is that rotating between jobs within the workplace, all the jobs, so that could be domestic, security, technical, admin, is used to facilitate the payment of the same wage to all those in the workplace, possibly through a share dividend profit share.
So, this is pretty much all hypothetical, what do you think? Does the idea of either strike you as appealing, useful, interesting or does it seem stupid and likely to put you off that sort of a workplace?
The only politically motivated examples of job rotation I know of are Cuba, were they had Doctors or bankers come out and cut sugar cane, or China, which involved sorts of humiliation or humbling of intellectuals by getting them out to do manual labour in factories or more often agricombines, neither of those seem that great an idea, I know that Doctors insure their hands for a lot against injury, I know one who gave up rock climbing after they decided to specialise in surgical procedures.
