A Song against Monotony

Jan Ch. Karlsson

Chapter 29 in Organizational Misbehaviour in the Workplace, 2012, pp 85-86 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Working in this blind factory is really boring. Among the workers, what can be called a ‘staying-alive’ culture has emerged — one that has as its aim trying to joke, laugh, sing and have fun in order to make it through the working day. One expression of this culture is the fact that music is played on radios and CD players right through all the shifts. The most popular song is ‘We’ve Got to Get Out of this Place’ by The Animals. At the start of the lyric, the singer describes how he, as a young man, saw his father being ground down by his work and that this is what is threatening to happen to him, too. The chorus shows how to be saved from monotonous work: We’ve got to get out of this place If it’s the last thing we ever do We’ve got to get out of this place, There’s a better life for me and you ‘You are worth more than this job,’ the song says. ‘You have to get out of here to regain your dignity.’ Other songs that met with approval, and strengthened the staying-alive culture, had titles like ‘I Will Survive’ and ‘Dignity’.

Date: 2012
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230354630_29

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