Editing Social class (section)

===Employment===
The conditions at a person's job vary greatly depending on class. Those in the upper-middle class and middle class enjoy greater freedoms in their occupations. They are usually more respected, enjoy more diversity and are able to exhibit some authority.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Maclean|first1=Mairi|last2=Harvey|first2=Charles|last3=Kling|first3=Gerhard|date=2014-06-01|title=Pathways to Power: Class, Hyper-Agency and the French Corporate Elite|journal=Organization Studies|language=en|volume=35|issue=6|pages=825–855|doi=10.1177/0170840613509919|s2cid=145716192|issn=0170-8406|url=http://opus.bath.ac.uk/50376/3/Maclean_Harvey_Kling_OS_2014.pdf|access-date=4 December 2018|archive-date=19 November 2018|archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20181119045202/https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/pathways-to-power-class-hyper-agency-and-the-french-corporate-eli|url-status=live}}</ref> Those in lower classes tend to feel more alienated and have lower work satisfaction overall. The physical conditions of the workplace differ greatly between classes. While middle-class workers may "suffer alienating conditions" or "lack of job satisfaction", blue-collar workers are more apt to suffer alienating, often routine, work with obvious physical health hazards, injury and even death.<ref>{{cite book | last = Kerbo | first = Herald | title = Social Stratification and Inequality | publisher = The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. | year = 1996 | location = New York | pages = 231–233 | isbn =978-0-07-034258-3 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The Business Of America: The Economy In The 1920s |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/business-america-economy-1920s |website=encyclopedia.com |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>

In the UK, a 2015 government study by the [[Social Mobility Commission]] suggested the existence of a "glass floor" in British society preventing those who are less able, but who come from wealthier backgrounds, from slipping down the social ladder. The report proposed a 35% greater likelihood of less able, better-off children becoming high earners than bright poor children.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission|title=New research exposes the 'glass floor' in British society|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-research-exposes-the-glass-floor-in-british-society|website=www.gov.uk|access-date=2015-09-22|archive-date=13 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150913232714/https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-research-exposes-the-glass-floor-in-british-society|url-status=live}}</ref>