Working Time Capability Under the Hegemony of Neoliberalism

Abstract

This paper talks about white-collar employees by using the concept of "Working time capability” under the hegemony of neoliberalism. Under neoliberal economic growth, the position of the working class in the Third World country has been weakened, as a result the white-collar employees are experiencing high job pressure in the workplace. Since, the Third World countries are considered as developing country, therefore, to attain economic growth private organizations are having full control over the employees. As a result, employees are more often forced by the private organizations to work for extended hours, since the organizations retain the controlling power through retrenchment. This paper also puts emphasis on the Bangladeshi private banks, whereby the employees serve banking customers under competitive pressure. Due to increasing workload, job insecurity, work deadlines, long working hours and performance pressure from management; employees working with the Bangladeshi private banks perceive high job stress, and eventually they experience work-life imbalance.