Work

I have recently thought again about this Eric Gill quote. I find it unsatisfying in many ways.
Despite the few individuals in our world who live without money, it is futile to try for an alternative to a monetary economy at this point.
We are therefore faced with the need to make money and there are only really the alternatives of working for oneself (risky, and without even the chance of paid sickness and holidays) and working for someone else.
In my misspent youth I would have said that being paid money for doing something instantly devalues it to the level of the money and no more. I can now see the amateur's many drawbacks and that monetary recompense can mean higher standards and hence more pride.
Why is it impossible to have the best of both worlds? Since being offered another job I have found myself in the unaccustomed position of being very chuffed to get the job and grateful to my new employers. In comparison to the unalloyed contempt I feel for my previous employers this has meant a marked change in my attitude to my new job (which I haven't started yet).
The moral here is that it is possible to have a job which isn't a drudge. The job I've got is very specialised, do I'm thinking if I don't take to it I needn't stay forever. But the universe clearly has a lesson for me about work, exchange, duty, and ownership, and it's a breath of fresh air.
Now just in case anyone is thinking I'm unaccustomedly happy and may be unwell, you have no cause for concern. My claim for constructive dismissal has been presented to my last employers by the Acas conciliation service with a view to taking it to the tribunal.
And of course I will make a success of my new job: I have people to prove wrong!