ABSTRACT
Glucksmann's point that work can be paid or unpaid, and can take place in the public or the private sphere, is relevant to our sense of personal identity and often has implications for our social contacts. Time is significant to any consideration of work, not least because, for people in regular employment, the day is usually organized around work, and a person in fall-time employment is likely to spend more hours of a day working than doing anything else. As Tim Strangleman notes, before the privatization of the railways in Britain many of the senior managers in British Railways had worked their way up though the ranks. This was a time when 'being a railway-man' was associated with a sense of pride; enthusiasm for the railways was a significant motivation for individuals who pursued a railway career.
