The US Government is battling over budgets, taxes and cuts, all under the threat of a possible governmental shutdown later this weekend. Watching the news, the reporter said that Social Security, Protective Services and several other agencies would not be affected by this shutdown.
The only people it would directly affect is "non-essential" workers.
How would you like to be classified as a "non-essential" worker? I wonder what that would feel like knowing the work you do is "non-essential?"
I have heard this same descriptor used when snow days make travel, work or school impossible. The announcement is made..."non-essential employees need not report."
All of this makes me wonder. Can the job be done with just "essential" employees or is it necessary to add on those "non-essential" types? Could it be that many of our budget woes would be solved if we didn't make these delineations?
In the place where I work, all people are "essential" to the ongoing work that we do together. I am not sure I want to work at a place that has "non-essential" workers.
I have been thinking about a culture that would say, "you are a non-essential worker." I am also trying to imagine what would happen if we could turn "non-essentials" into "essentials."
The ancient Romans had a tradition: whenever one of their engineers constructed an arch, as the capstone was hoisted into place, the engineer assumed accountability for his work in the most profound way possible: he stood under the arch. It's hard to see the difference between "essential workers" and "non essential" workers when standing under an arch.
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