I had to repost this picture from the Saudi Jeans blog because it speaks to some of my recent posts on labor. The Saudi Minister of Labor had a photo op at a new Fuddruckers in Jeddah and extolled the virtues of working. Saudi, much more than the other Gulf states, needs to convince its people to take jobs like these because it has a much higher population to take care of than, say, Qatar or the Emirates.
According to Saudi Jeans, "The minister criticized those who look down on some jobs saying they do not understand the spirit of Quran." The minister's bio is here.
I especially liked one of the comments to the post:
Having a terrible job while you’re young is a rite of passage. My parents insisted that I work in a pharmacy or a restaurant or the like so that I would learn to treat everyone politely and not to get upset when someone was unreasonably harsh with me. With that being said, do you think the minister has ever held such a job himself? =P
2 comments:
Leo,
Nice pic.
As you've blogged, you've worked these jobs too. I also put my self through University, working in all sorts of jobs.
A big part of the missing work ethic in Oman, and the region, is the perception that this sort of job is beneath a local. Or the related idea that a piece of paper entitles one to have a job that's 'management', and that therefore doesn't involve actual work, not realising perhaps how hard work management actually is!
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