Pleasure and Suffering at Work: Case Study with Employees at the Administrative Section of a Construction Material Company in DF

This study analyzes the employee experiences of pleasure and suffering at work. It was carried out with an administrative staff of an organization of civil construction material in Distrito Federal. The article considers, at first, a historical frame of the studies of pleasure and suffering at work in order to contextualize the research. The study consisted in performing interviews with four employees part of the administrative staff of the mentioned organization. It uses a qualitative methodology for both the data acquisition and the data analysis. In order to collect enough data to perform the study, a semi-structured interview was used which was then taped and further transcribed. To analyze the data we submitted then to a content thematic categorical analysis. The results pointed to a prevail of suffering at work, due to the relationship with the bosses, working hours, overload and the need of enjoying the job. On the final considerations, it is discussed the implications of a stressful work as far as the employee's well being and productivity is concerned.