SECULAR WORK
(See also Employment; Labor; Labor Unions; Vocation; Work)
(Note centered heading below: Quotations)
accident prevention: g77 11/22 17-19
advancement: w67 765
Africa: g83 5/22 29-30
aliens and migrant workers: g83 3/8 16-19; g83 10/8 29; g83 10/22 6
attitude toward: g83 10/22 21-23; w72 205-208, 269-270, 299; g72 3/22 30; g72 5/8 5; g72 9/22 16; w71 231-232; g71 4/8 12-15; g71 12/8 29; w69 204, 579-580; g69 1/8 3-4; g69 3/22 3-4; w68 316-317; w67 515-516; qm 262; w65 67-68; w64 371, 561-562; g64 5/22 3-4; w63 429, 612; g63 11/22 12-13; g62 9/8 3-4; w61 350; w59 267, 397, 466; g57 12/8 4; w56 182; qm55 262; w52 522; w43 56, 171
ways to keep one’s job: g81 3/8 21-22
automation: g85 11/22 4, 6-7; g80 5/8 30-31; g69 7/22 24; g64 3/8 30; g64 5/22 17-18; g63 4/8 31; g62 4/8 29
avoiding stumbling others: w82 7/15 26; km 9/76 4-6
balance in: w82 3/15 29-30
bonus: w79 11/1 31-32; w65 768
book The Peter Principle: w77 323-324
boredom: g72 5/22 31
charts:
“Is Your Work a Pleasure?”: g83 9/8 4
partial job listing: g80 12/8 15
“What an Employer Looks for in Employees”: g83 10/22 23
Chinese “new” work ethic: g77 12/8 30
choosing: g74 2/8 30-31; g73 8/8 8-9; g73 9/8 10-11; g66 9/22 8, 10-11; w64 680-683; g64 5/22 18-19; w63 612
choosing a career: w85 8/15 11-16; g85 3/22 16-18
Christian conduct: bw 104-105; w78 4/1 23; w77 404; w71 223; w66 50-51; w64 488, 616, 669-670, 708; g64 10/8 23; w63 80-81, 122; ln 52-53; g63 8/8 22; g63 11/22 12-13; w62 214, 250; g62 12/8 7
with disfellowshipped persons: w81 9/15 24; w63 413-414
Christian view: w83 4/1 10; w78 6/1 26-27; km 9/76 3-6
factors to consider when making a decision about a certain job: w82 7/15 26
use of arms in civilian employment: w83 7/15 25-26; w73 127-128
college graduates: g78 10/22 30; g71 6/8 7-8
computer programming: g82 10/8 23-25
cost of wasted time: g80 4/22 31
discussion: g83 9/8 3-8
early Christians: w69 118
employee physical fitness programs: g83 12/22 30
employer-employee relationships: bw 70-72, 75-77
enjoyment: g83 9/8 3-8; g77 7/8 6-7
experiences:
changing: yb71 75
conduct of Witnesses: w72 381, 510; yb72 241-242; g72 3/8 11; yb71 230-231, 256; w70 499; yb70 152-153; yb69 87-88, 100, 132-133; g69 2/8 26; yb68 188; yb66 139-140; w65 309; yb65 70, 95, 189; g65 2/22 15; g64 8/8 26; w63 333; yb63 113, 150-151, 217-218; w62 214; yb62 188-189, 223-224; yb61 279
house of prostitution: yb69 153
mother quits work for children’s sake: g81 1/8 18-19
pioneers: yb65 245; yb63 84, 127; yb62 250-251; yb61 146, 251, 262
putting ministry first: yb72 79; km 12/72 3-5; w71 680; yb71 89, 134-135, 142, 182-183, 274, 281-282; yb70 100, 280; yb69 170, 172-173; g69 11/22 17-18; km 6/69 4; yb68 79-80; yb66 95-96
refusing military or religious work: w71 533-534; yb71 275; g71 12/22 24
turning down advancement: yb71 85-86; yb70 218-219, 292; w69 151-152; yb69 83-84, 173, 199-200, 239; g66 8/8 26; w64 561-562
uneducated sweeper: yb69 192
Witness bus driver commended: g81 3/8 22
witnessing to customers: g70 5/8 22; yb64 250
witnessing to employees: g70 5/8 22
witnessing to employer: yb70 86
witnessing to workmates: w71 221-222; yb71 218, 230-231, 273-274, 301, 307; yb70 108, 213-214, 220-221; yb69 103-104, 120-121; yb68 63, 146-147, 212-213, 249, 272-273, 276; g68 5/22 25; w67 509; yb66 174-175, 241, 261; w65 309; yb65 62, 93-94; yb64 173; yb63 135-136, 159-160; w62 350, 414-415; yb62 141, 171-172, 177-178; yb61 102, 158-159, 222, 271
gambling establishments: km 9/76 4-5; w72 593-594; w64 680; w54 93-95
giant corporations: g71 2/8 3-6
give employer full measure: w72 269-270; w71 260; g71 4/8 15; w64 616; g64 10/8 23; g63 11/22 12-14; w62 250; w61 350; w60 274; w43 56
handcrafting: g80 8/8 25-27
home as a workshop: g85 2/22 8; g84 5/8 25; g84 10/22 27; g76 4/22 16-19
honesty: g81 3/8 21-22
hours per year in Europe: g79 8/22 30
India:
child labor: g83 8/8 30
informal witnessing: w72 400-401
job interviews: g83 2/8 23-25; g83 5/22 28
clothing appropriate for a job interview: g83 2/22 22-23
labor cost per hour by country: g80 11/22 30
leathercraft: g77 12/8 23
ministers have right to do: w81 3/15 17; w61 83; g57 2/8 6; w52 522; w51 249-250; w50 14; w43 171
Netherlands:
“duojobs” for youths: g77 2/22 29
not “sacred service”: w80 8/15 30-31
obtaining: g84 7/22 8-9; g82 6/8 5-7; g80 12/8 12-15; g66 3/22 9-12; w64 643; g64 5/22 18-19; g60 11/8 8-11; g59 10/22 20-23; g52 4/22 17-19
for youths: g83 1/22 17-19
part-time: w80 1/15 28-29; g78 8/8 30; yb69 228-229; g67 12/8 13-16; yb65 245; g63 3/8 10; g62 6/8 16; g60 11/8 8-11; g57 2/8 13-15; w52 522; g52 4/22 17-19
pay for manufacturing jobs: g79 7/8 30
preparing children for: fl 158-159
pressure on employees to give to charities: g82 7/22 31
productivity of workers: g80 4/22 31
lost because of smoking: g81 11/22 30; g79 8/22 30-31
religious organizations: w64 703
Soviet Union:
campaign against absenteeism: g83 8/8 31
sports team: w67 765
stress: g71 11/8 30-31
subjection in: w80 5/15 7
Switzerland:
vote on length of workweek: g77 2/8 29
time stealing by employees: g83 4/8 31
unemployment: g82 6/8 3-8; g82 8/8 30; g82 12/8 29; g71 3/22 30; g65 7/22 30; g64 5/22 17-19; g63 4/8 31; g63 11/22 13-14; g63 12/22 31; g62 1/8 17-19
ways to keep one’s job: g83 10/22 21-23; g81 3/8 21-22
women: g85 2/8 3-11; g85 2/22 3-11; g82 5/8 6-9; g81 1/8 16-20; g80 12/8 24; g79 11/8 31; g77 2/8 30; g77 9/8 3-12; g76 6/22 29; g72 5/22 7; g71 3/22 30; g67 1/22 9-11; g63 3/8 8-11; g62 7/8 9-10; w61 326-327
financial cost involved: g81 1/8 17
rate by country: g79 1/22 19; g76 2/8 31
secretary: g78 4/22 24-26
sexual harassment: g81 1/8 18
wife’s earnings: w68 607-608
workdays lost: g61 2/8 31; g61 11/22 31
working hours for farmers: g76 12/8 29-30
workweek:
by country: g84 4/22 30; g81 6/8 30
five-day: g77 6/22 29
four-day: g77 6/22 29; g75 7/22 29
seven-day: g77 6/22 29
Quotations
clergymen may be forced to seek: w81 2/1 29
men who leave corporate executive jobs often have happier lives: g80 9/8 11