In a book, she analyzes work and social ascent

“And if not, are you okay, job?” Who has never heard this sentence, at least once, during a banal discussion? No one, admit it. Precisely, work is the subject of the new book of Kristina FoltieR, an author living in the agglomeration of Melun (Seine-et-Marne).

Social ascent, evolution of the world of work … it delivers his reflection on the subject in A few kilometers aroundpublished in Verona editions.

“The desire to testify”

From about five yearsKristina Folier feels a need, the one describe. This is how she embarks on the writing of her first book, where we follow The evolution of a characterthe one Marie. ” I had Want to testifyto talk about this subject of defector class and the world of work, ”she begins.

These subjects, she knows them well. And for good reason. Child of a Village of Solognedaughter of a mason and a woman householdit will evolve in public spheres, and will reach positions of responsibility. “My parents had three daughters at course amazingcourses that make statistics lie, ”she estimates.

Each will be able to reach a position that many envyeach in its field. “” We responded to our parents’ desireand especially our mother, who told us that we should dependand especially not a man, and have a job, ”she recalls, smiling.

This is what the girl will do. Her neighbors lived with great means, and she already felt the difference Between the two families. And very quickly, she understands that there is a way to change her life: l’instruction. “It is the school that allows you to get out of it, to leave. I do a Link between social and territorial mobility “Says the one who dreamed, already, of going to Paris.

“Going up to the capital” … is one thing, but that is not enough. Again, we have to workand she starts to do temporary work. She discovers a universe, that of the world of work. A world in which it will evolve, like many others, for years, and that it will be transformed.

Change, like his life. Quickly, after entering full -time in working life, She realizes her social development. “For example, my children did what I couldn’t do. We live well, but we wonder why these inequalities exist, and We commit to absorb them “Said Kristina Folier.

A changing world

According to its posts, over the years, She knows the upheavals of the world of work. The arrival and explosion of IT and digital, the increasingly significant place of the communication… Societal changes are also invited to the office. “There is also the roaming of employees. There may be positive for that, but it also creates instability, we have reorganizations permanentwho play on the stress of the teams, ”she analyzes.

Also, she realizes it, the question of given meaning to what we do, relations with partners socialthe pressure that we absorb … all this changes, and it arises questions about these developments. She also questions the relations of powerand the place left to women in the company, “a world that remains very masculine, where women are forbidden, and where behavior are problematic ”, as she describes.

Over the pages, she draws up observations, of the balance. Despite the social ascent, “you sometimes do not feel in its place”. “You can’t catch everything. If we acquire a culture, something is still missing, ”she admits.

And, above all, it sees a glass ceiling, which exists. Always.

A few kilometers aroundat Vérone editions, 217 pages, 19.50 euros. Available in bookstores, and on the Internet.

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