EMPLOYMENT
(See also Business; Career; Retirement; Unemployment; Wages; Work)
accidents:
deaths from: w05 6/15 3; g99 10/22 29
advertisements for employment:
lures for young women: g02 2/22 8; g98 10/8 29
appreciation for Awake! articles on:
finding and keeping a job, though menial: g 5/06 30
asking for—
part-time work to pioneer: w88 12/1 17
time off for theocratic occasions: yb08 23-24; be 67; km 12/99 4; w88 12/1 17
balanced view of employment: w22.05 22-23; lvs 206-209; w17.05 23-24; w17.11 23; w15 2/1 6; lv 179-182; w11 6/15 30-32; g 1/10 4-9; w07 2/15 28-29; w03 2/1 4-7; g02 2/22 7-9; w99 11/1 32; w99 12/1 28; g95 7/8 30; w89 7/15 3-7; w87 3/15 4-5; w87 10/1 6
effect on sacred service: scl 115
examples: w99 12/1 28; yb99 59-60
helping men acquire: w11 11/15 24-26
keeping work and family roles separate: ijwhf article 13; g 10/15 16
not sacrificing family’s spirituality: w25.07 5-6; w09 12/15 9; w93 9/1 14
reducing for balanced life: g17.4 6-7; g 9/14 5-7; w08 1/15 17-19; g03 9/22 29
reducing when burdensome: g 9/14 4-6; w91 10/15 22
seeking Kingdom first: w11 9/15 12-13; w02 4/1 19; km 9/01 4
when interferes with meetings: km 2/04 1; w98 9/1 19, 21; w96 12/15 17
when interferes with spiritual activities: w13 8/15 6; w12 2/15 7
being a desirable employee: g22.1 9; lvs 204; lv 175-176; w07 4/1 7; w00 4/15 20-21
Bible times:
city dwellers: it-1 474
farming: w12 5/1 28-30
fishing: it-1 1161; w12 8/1 18-20; w09 10/1 25-27; g 8/06 14
hired laborers: it-1 1123
shepherding: w12 11/1 26-28
wages: it-1 1122; w01 12/15 10
Bible view: mrt article 46; lff lesson 37
boredom overcome: g97 12/22 10-12
bullies in the workplace: g05 2/22 30; g05 4/8 30; g05 4/22 30; g04 5/8 3-9; g03 2/8 28; g03 8/22 4, 7; g98 5/22 28
child labor: g 5/07 2-3; g00 1/8 30; g99 5/22 3-9
Bible view: g99 5/22 10-13
Brazil: g94 7/8 28
India: g95 7/22 29
meaning of term: g99 5/22 5
worldwide: g97 1/22 28; g93 11/22 28; g88 10/22 30
choosing: w25.01 17-18; w25.03 21-23, 29; scl 116; mwb21.09 13; od 201; lvs 204-206; lv 176-179; w12 6/1 23; w12 6/15 31; w09 2/15 19-20; w06 3/15 23-24; w06 4/15 16; w03 10/15 4-5
‘calculating the expense’ (Lu 14:28): w25.01 19; w92 8/15 26-29
Christian attitude toward: w25.03 21-23; ijwbv article 15; mwb24.05 7; od 138-139; lvs 202, 204-209; w17.11 23; w15 2/1 4-6; g 7/15 12-13; lv 174-182; w13 1/15 12-14; w05 6/15 5-8; w02 4/1 19; g02 2/22 8-9; w01 10/15 25; w00 4/15 20-21; dp 124-125; kl 127-128; om 134-135
armed employment: w05 11/1 31; w05 12/15 30
arms business: g89 6/8 10
association with workmates: w23.02 17-18; w15 1/15 25; w07 5/1 15-16; w02 8/15 21-22; w93 8/1 18-19; w87 3/15 6; w87 11/1 18
avoiding romantic attachments: ijwbq article 62; w17.11 26; w12 8/15 27-28; w06 9/15 27
balance with spiritual interests: w25.03 29; scl 115; w22.05 23; w18.11 5-6; w17.05 23-24; w12 8/15 26-27; w11 3/15 20-23; w11 9/15 12-13; w07 10/1 27; w06 1/1 20-21; w06 4/15 16; w06 10/1 29; jd 59; w02 8/1 30-31
benefit of Bible principles: w07 4/1 7; w05 6/15 7; w03 1/15 12
bonus at Christmastime: lvs 252-253; lv 159
business relationships: w21.12 9-10; lvs 192-193; lv 166, 168; w86 11/15 15-20
caring for needs of family: scl 115
caring for one’s own needs: scl 115
distant employment: mwb25.09 3; w14 4/15 17-21; w96 10/1 30
employee wages: w21.12 10; lvs 192; lv 166; w07 4/1 7; jd 72-74
employer: scl 83; w94 6/15 22; w91 2/1 21; w87 3/15 5; tp 135-136
employer-employee relationships: lvs 192; w14 2/15 23; lv 166, 168; w93 5/1 6; om 15-16; w86 11/15 17-18
employer’s orders to be dishonest: be 67; g00 8/22 29; w92 7/15 11; w88 2/15 5
employer’s orders to participate in something unscriptural: w04 4/15 19-20
employer who is a Witness: lvs 192; lv 166, 168; w08 9/15 31; w91 2/1 21
employment involving gambling: w95 5/15 23; jv 180
employment involving unscriptural activities: w11 9/15 13-14
flags: w02 9/15 25
government work: w90 11/1 20-21
income: it-2 1204
law enforcement: g03 2/22 30
making devotional objects: w02 9/15 25
medical field: w99 4/15 29
menial employment: ijwia article 6
paying Christian employees: lvs 192; lv 166; w88 8/15 17
political work: w90 11/1 20-21
principles on acceptability: w25.01 17-18; scl 116; mwb21.09 13; od 201; lvs 204-206; lv 176-179; w06 3/15 23-24; w00 10/15 24; w99 4/15 28-29
promotions: w12 6/15 31; w08 9/1 9-10
religious employment: w19.10 12-13; w99 4/15 28-30
romantic advances: ijwbq article 62; yb08 23; w06 8/1 25; jd 94; w02 8/15 22; w87 3/15 3, 5-7; w87 9/15 14
showing kindness: w04 4/15 19-20
witnessing at place of: w86 11/15 18
work habits: it-2 1204; w05 6/15 5-7; w87 9/15 18
clergy:
prediction that most will obtain part-time employment: w88 7/15 31
coffee breaks: g97 4/8 29
confidential information:
when evidence of grave wrongdoing is found in: w87 9/1 12-15
confidentiality agreements: w87 9/1 14-15
creating work: g 1/10 8-9; g96 3/8 11
dangerous jobs: g00 4/22 29
developing nations: g98 6/8 5-6
disproportionate wages: g91 11/22 29
dress and grooming: g02 2/22 6; g01 2/22 28
effect of computers: g03 5/22 28
effect of technology: g 1/10 6; g 5/07 11
electronic monitoring of employees: g03 1/22 3-4; g90 4/22 18-20; g88 5/22 6-7
employee attitude: g03 6/8 4-5; g02 3/22 28
employee habits: g 6/06 30
employee health: g02 2/22 3-4
burnout: g 9/14 4; g93 8/8 28
cancer: g86 10/8 10
depression: g01 4/22 29; g01 10/8 29; g98 12/22 28
factors contributing to heart attack: g98 5/22 28
fitness programs: g02 12/8 29
germs in offices: g 1/07 15
nutrition: g87 2/22 21-22; g86 3/22 29
office workers: g98 3/8 29
psychological problems: g04 3/8 29
repetitive strain injury: g98 12/22 16-19
sick building syndrome: g00 8/8 5; g98 1/8 29
warning about coffee cups: g98 11/22 28
workdays lost from pain: g87 3/22 29
employee morale:
benefits of sunlight: g96 6/22 29
benefits of windows: g94 6/22 29
frustration and anger: g00 4/8 28
employee morals: g04 10/22 28
enjoying one’s work: mwb16.11 4; w15 2/1 3-6
experiences:
advanced education for bettering employment leads to loss of faith: w92 8/15 28-29
advanced education proves unnecessary: w12 7/15 26
armed employment given up: w89 10/15 24-26
attends Kingdom Ministry School despite threat of loss: yb99 242
auxiliary pioneers while unemployed: w93 9/15 10-11
balancing with truth and family: w99 12/1 28; yb99 59-60
Bible Stories book: g91 2/22 24
Bible student declines job in casino: yb97 52
Bible student gives pioneers part-time work: yb91 204-205
Bible study offered: yb03 49
Bible Teach book: yb07 12
businesswomen: w19.09 15; w08 8/1 28-29
casino croupier changes work: w90 7/15 24-25
changes job to avoid bad light on congregation: w09 2/15 20
changes job to continue pioneering: w07 10/1 22-23
changes job to have time for spiritual interests: w17.05 23-24; w07 8/1 30
changes job to keep morally clean: w04 4/15 32
changes job to keep self-control: w03 10/15 16
chasteness rewarded: yb88 44-45
conduct of Witnesses: yb11 220; w09 6/15 19; km 4/03 1; yb89 8-9; yb87 46
conflict with coworker resolved: w05 6/15 7
coworker accepts truth: yb90 94-95
coworker convinced of truth by Isaiah 43:9-12: yb89 8-9
coworker’s wife accepts truth: w08 12/15 20
Creation book: yb87 43-44
daily text discussion with family and employees: jv 301-302
decline job that would interfere with serving Jehovah: w21.06 18-19
decline offers of schooling abroad: yb08 51; w92 8/15 26
declines higher-paying job: w13 9/15 26
declines high-paying job: yb91 227-228
declines job at a church: w19.10 13
declines modeling offer: ijwex article 29
declines offer involving dishonesty: w92 8/15 29
declines promotion so as to enter full-time ministry: w12 6/15 31; w01 1/1 12
declines promotion so as to stay in full-time ministry: w92 2/1 25
dedicated electrician: w95 3/1 12-13
defends being raised as a Witness: w25.01 4-5
demoted for neutrality, then restored: w88 5/1 19
dishonest, indebted employees change: w89 9/1 10; w88 5/1 7
employer promotes Family Happiness book: g 2/07 32; yb06 51
employer sets up Bible discussions: yb06 57-58
employer’s mother praises Witnesses: g 2/13 15
Examining the Scriptures: yb09 48-49; km 7/96 1
explains stand on Buddhist rituals to employer: w25.03 5-6
ex-seminarian: yb93 55
fired elder pioneers: w19.10 28-29
from psychologist to bus driver: g88 6/8 17-18
give up advanced education for full-time ministry: lv 180
give up career for full-time ministry: w22.07 26-27, 30; w12 11/1 10-11; w11 5/15 12; w08 4/15 16, 24; w07 8/1 30
Greatest Man book: km 12/92 1
honesty of Witness employees: g 2/15 4; g 2/13 15; g 1/12 6-8; w11 4/15 7; w10 3/1 13-14; g 10/10 6-7; w06 12/1 19; yb04 251; w02 4/15 20; w00 4/15 21; g96 7/22 32; yb93 45; w88 2/15 5; w87 11/15 6
honesty of Witnesses in business: g 1/12 6, 8; g 10/10 8-9
identifying oneself as a Witness: yb08 23; w87 5/15 26-27
illiterate man learns truth: w91 1/1 5
laid off: w97 4/1 23
learning names: yb00 52-53
leave job to serve where need is greater: w13 10/15 6; yb93 43
leaves nonneutral job despite having family: w11 9/15 13-14
letter from former coworker: w87 10/15 25-26
life story “My Word My Bond”: g88 5/8 11-13
life story “We Used Our Changing Circumstances to Witness Far and Wide”: w05 3/1 21-25
list possibly interested coworkers: km 8/90 8
Live Forever book: yb90 8-9; yb87 45-46
lure of oil-spill work: g89 9/22 12-13
magazine route with coworkers: w14 5/15 4
magazines in washroom: w87 10/15 25
misses fishing peak to attend convention: yb95 51-52
neutrality in industrial dispute: w86 4/1 22
on way to work: yb00 63
overcoming prejudice: w02 10/15 30-31; yb96 53
overpayment returned: w12 10/1 6
part-time employment obtained: w12 7/15 32; w06 6/15 14; yb00 91; w93 6/1 12; yb93 235, 237-238; w88 12/15 26-27
promotion despite stand on birthdays: yb91 50-51
publication on desk: km 12/92 1
public prosecutor aids fired Witnesses (Siberia): yb08 195-196
putting Kingdom interests first: w17.07 10-11; w13 10/15 19; w11 9/15 12-13; w08 1/15 17-19; yb02 47-48; yb01 210-211; yb98 105-106; w97 10/1 27; w96 11/15 21-22; w91 1/1 5; g89 9/22 13; yb88 44; g88 5/8 12-13; w86 5/1 22-24; w86 11/1 13
quits loved job: w91 10/15 22
quits to pioneer: w16.07 20
reduce employment to serve Jehovah more fully: w11 3/15 15-16
refusal to be dishonest: w88 2/15 5
refusal to be sexually immoral: w06 1/1 25
refusal to compromise: yb91 198
reluctance to witness overcome: yb97 60
ridiculer: yb11 65
romantic advances from workmates: yb08 23; w06 6/15 14, 29; w06 9/15 26, 28-29
scripture leads thief to confess: yb06 47-48
son of supermarket-chain owner declines management post: yb89 62
stops socializing with colleagues: w13 2/15 24
time off to attend convention: w11 1/15 30; g91 12/22 14
time off to attend meetings: yb08 23-24; g 5/07 8
tracts showing from shirt pocket: yb89 59
video Jehovah Has Never Let Us Down: lff lesson 45
weapons development given up: w00 8/1 24, 26-27
Witness deals with debasing music at work: g02 12/8 31
Witnesses preferred: g 2/15 4; g 10/10 8; w09 6/15 19; w05 6/15 7; w03 2/1 6; w90 9/15 23; yb89 51; w88 2/15 5; yb88 243-244; yb87 46
Witness has to repel seemingly moral woman: w09 5/15 12
witnessing: w18.04 28; w01 2/15 10; km 12/00 8
witnessing on break: km 8/90 8
Witness makes peace with manager: w10 6/15 17
Witness makes peace with workmate: w09 5/15 11
Witness program on moral values: w98 6/1 8; yb97 62
workmate who harassed Witness: yb01 60
farming: g 9/09 22-23; g03 10/8 3-6, 8-11; g01 9/22 7
deaths: g89 1/8 30
fishing:
for lobster: g 7/12 10-12
occupational hazards: g 7/12 12; g92 7/22 29
harassment (mobbing) in the workplace: g05 2/22 30; g05 4/8 30; g05 4/22 30; g04 5/8 3-9; g03 2/8 28
honesty: lvs 192, 204; lv 166, 168, 175-176; w05 7/15 29; kl 119; w93 5/1 6-7; yp 173; w88 2/15 4-5; w87 11/15 5-6
interruptions in the workplace: g 7/08 30
interviews: g 6/11 26; g05 7/8 7-9; g98 8/22 21; yp 168-169, 171; g86 3/22 28; g86 4/22 28
importance of clothing: g99 12/8 28
pretty women less invited: g 7/13 3
voice analysis during: g88 5/22 3
Jehovah’s interest in helping his worshippers: scl 115
journalism: g 12/10 29; g05 10/22 6
keeping a job: g25.1 7; g22.1 9; g 1/11 14; g05 7/8 10-11; yp 169-173
labor movement:
direction headed: g90 4/8 18-21
log salvaging: g02 12/22 9-11
loss of employment: g20.1 4; g05 7/8 3; g00 10/8 13-15
coping with: mrt article 46; w12 6/1 22-23; g 7/10 4-9; w05 10/15 9-10; w03 9/1 13-15; g00 10/8 14-15; g91 8/8 3-10
health effects of anticipated: g99 3/8 29
middle-aged people: g93 2/8 29
trusting in Jehovah during: w20.01 17-18; w16.07 19-20; w05 10/15 8-11
migrant workers: g94 3/22 6-8
appreciation for Awake! articles on: g94 11/8 30
modeling:
evaluating: g90 1/8 22-24
Monday-morning syndrome: g95 7/22 28
monkeys:
trained as coconut pickers: g87 9/22 29
trained as harvesters of pine nuts: g90 8/8 29
naps in the workplace: g02 3/8 29; g00 2/8 28; g00 10/8 28; g96 1/8 28-29
night shift:
coping with: g89 8/22 20
noise in the workplace: g97 11/8 9
obtaining: mrt article 46; w23.12 27; g22.1 9; w12 6/1 23; g05 7/8 4-9; yp 166-169, 171
developing nations: w96 10/1 30; g94 10/22 16-18
importance of clothing: g99 12/8 28
importance of education: g94 8/22 3-6; w92 11/1 17-18; yp 137-139, 166-167
importance of reading skills: g97 4/22 28
part-time work: w93 9/15 29-30
prevalence of lying: g02 7/22 28
résumés: yp2 152; g05 7/8 6-8; g05 8/8 29; g98 8/22 21
use of Internet: g05 7/8 9
value of vocational training: g 7/06 29
older employees: g04 12/8 29; g01 8/8 31
advantages: g98 4/22 29
overwork: g 1/10 3; g02 2/22 3, 5; g93 6/22 3-7
frustration over: w92 9/15 29
painting:
health risk: g91 6/22 29
paperless office elusive: g99 6/8 24-27
Paul supports himself:
Corinth: bt 148-150; w19.11 8-9; w19.12 5; w93 8/1 17-18; w90 6/15 18-19; w89 12/1 25
Thessalonica: it-2 1092
preparing children for: w98 7/15 4-5
preparing oneself for: w23.12 27
profanity in the workplace: g02 11/8 29
pursuing peace in the workplace: g04 5/8 7-9
rudeness in the workplace: g 11/06 27
Ruth a fine example: ia 41; w12 7/1 27-28
safety in the workplace: g02 2/22 3-7
self-employment: w09 6/15 19; yp2 152; g98 8/22 21-22
sexual harassment: ijwbq article 62; g96 4/22 30; g96 5/22 3-10; g95 8/22 16-18; g93 9/8 28; g92 7/8 9-10
sharpening implements on special bicycle: g 2/09 17
smoking in the workplace:
accidents more likely: g87 6/22 17
cost to employers: g 2/14 3; g87 6/22 17
nonsmokers preferred: w86 5/1 6
smoke-free workplace urged: g87 6/22 16
stealing in the workplace: g 3/12 28; g90 11/22 28; g89 8/8 28; w88 2/15 4-5
stress: g 8/11 21; w05 6/15 6; g05 2/8 3-4, 7; w03 2/1 3-4; g03 7/8 28-29; g03 11/8 28; g02 2/22 3-4; g98 3/22 7; g98 9/8 28
coping with: g93 12/8 29
family stress: w92 10/15 5
from altered lunch breaks: g01 5/22 29
from message overload: g99 2/8 29
from too little work: g99 10/8 29; g89 2/8 29
supervisors:
need for good: g93 8/8 28
teachers: g02 3/8 3-13; g94 3/22 8-10
temptations in the workplace: w06 8/1 25; w04 9/15 19; w01 3/15 12-13
time-wasting by employees: w88 2/15 3-4
computer games: g 7/07 22
university graduates:
applicants remove degrees from résumés: g 12/13 3
number unemployed: g05 1/22 29; g98 10/8 4-5; g87 11/8 29
vengeance by employees: w09 9/1 20
violence in the workplace: g02 2/22 3-4, 6-7; w96 2/15 3-4; g94 2/8 29
witnessing in the workplace:
Paul: w93 8/1 17-18
use of Greatest Man book: km 12/92 1
women: w08 2/1 28-31; g02 4/8 5-7; g98 4/8 7-8; g92 10/22 28; w87 8/15 4-6
appropriate attire: g02 2/22 6; w87 3/15 6
breast-feeding: g87 6/22 30
bringing children to work: g91 1/22 28
changes effected by liberation movement: g88 7/22 4
developing nations: g87 12/8 3; g86 5/22 9-11
disrespected: g92 7/8 9-11
earnings: g88 7/22 6
effect on family relationships: g05 4/8 6; w87 8/15 5-6
having preschool children: g87 12/8 3
hours per week: g95 12/8 28
housework after workday: g 1/10 3
leaving work to raise children: g05 2/22 8
maintaining integrity: w87 3/15 4-7
number employed (U.S.): g92 11/8 28
number employed (U.S. and Europe): g98 4/8 29
respected: g92 7/8 14-15
romantic advances to: yb08 23; w06 3/1 23-24; w87 3/15 3, 5-7; w87 9/15 14
when male workmates show interest in Bible: w92 7/1 31
why they work: w08 2/1 28-29; g89 3/22 28
working at home to avoid traffic: g91 12/8 29
working hard: mwb25.05 2; w15 2/1 3-6; g93 6/22 3-11
working while sick: g05 8/8 28
working with opposite sex: ijwbq article 62; w17.11 26; w12 8/15 27-28; g04 9/8 29
world problem: g01 7/8 28-29
youths: w23.12 27; yp2 151-155; g98 8/22 20-22
afterschool jobs: yp2 151-155; g03 4/22 28; g91 1/8 19-21; g90 11/22 25-27; g90 12/8 14-16
effect on school performance: g98 8/22 22; g91 1/8 20-21; g88 10/22 16-17
how to get and keep a job: yp 166-173
preparing for employment: w14 1/15 21; g91 12/22 25-27