Temos todo tempo do mundo? estudo sobre percepções temporais, prazer e sofrimento com jovens trabalhadores

Abstract

Time is considered an asset that is increasingly scarce, difficult to understand and administer, in which the pressures and demands of daily life can be a source of pleasure and suffering for individuals, especially young workers, in face of their peculiarities. Given this, the objective of this work is to analyze the temporal perceptions andthe experiences of pleasure and suffering in the work of young workers assisted by the Association of Professional Social Teaching (ESPRO). For that, a case study was carried out through a descriptive field research with a qualitative approach. Data collection was done through semi-structured interviews with 22 young workers assisted by ESPRO, from the Belo Horizonte branch (MG). The data were treated by means of content analysis and the results showed that the temporal dimensions presented (predominantly monocronic, fast, punctual, future-bound and third-party behaviors) and the experiences of pleasure and suffering (positive work context, low risks, costs, pleasure, little suffering, low damages) have relationships with each other, despite the fact thatthe preferences demonstrated over time do not always coincide with the work practice imposed on them.