The workers interviewed in Gig each thought of their work in different ways. Only one of the interviewees truly viewed their work as a calling. Katy Bracken, the second-grade teacher, started out having no idea what she wanted to do in life. She was able to find her to way through several teaching assistant programs. Through the years she came to love teaching children. This work she does is truly a calling because she enjoys doing it, it makes her happy and she is affecting others in positive ways.
Katy said, “I’ve been, like, redeemed by teaching. Like teaching was right for me. I’m a person that should be a teacher”. She recognizes here that her career is a calling for her. Not only is she helping herself in her career but also she is benefiting the students that she is teaching each year. Helping them to learn more about the world and getting them ready for later years.
The UPS driver and the Wal-Mart greater view their work in different a different way, they view them as jobs. The Wal-Mart greeter enjoys his work and it brings great joy to him but he really only does it to give him something to do in retirement. The UPS driver views his work as a job to give him money. Though it can be very interesting and rewarding at times he currently hates his job and has difficulties finding higher purpose in it.
All of the workers interviewed show the same admiration for their job, if not currently then in the past. They all enjoy what they do and get some reward from it. Only the teacher’s I would consider calling and I think she would agree.
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