The horror of unemployment

Abstract

This is a descriptive qualitative study, which investigated how unemployment produces subjectivity, based on the reflections made by Forrester and Généreux in their works. Data were collected through an open questionnaire, disseminated through the snowballmethod. The data analysis procedure was the content analysis. Resulting in the formulation of four categories, namely: being unemployed is; social view of unemployment; distortion of the image itself; the nozzle was the exit. The feeling of shame, due to the loss of social dignity, purchasing power, etc., stood out in the participants' speech. Unemployment is a complex situation that cannot be understood only through statistical data; it is necessary to involve the social, to think collectively; despite being portrayed as an individual problem. The study showed that qualification does not guarantee employability and that the indication in Brazil still exceeds qualification. The horror of unemployment is the lack of commitment to the search for durable and favorable solutions for all those constituted by authority. For future studies it is suggested to investigate the relationship of unemployment with the increase in the number of people living in conditions of misery.