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==Sociological problems==
[[Sociology|Sociological]] work has explored the [[social alienation]] and [[boredom]] that many workers feel because of the repetition of doing the same specialized task all day long.<ref>{{cite journal |jstor= 4105309 |title= Alienation and Freedom: The Factory Worker and His Industry |author-link= Bob Blauner |first= Robert |last= Blauner |journal= [[Technology and Culture]] |volume= 6 |issue= 3 |date= Summer 1965 |pages= 518–519|doi= 10.2307/3101830 |s2cid= 111540061 }}</ref>

[[Karl Marx]] expressed in his [[Marx's theory of alienation|theory of alienation]] the belief that, in order to achieve job satisfaction, workers need to see themselves in the objects they have created, that products should be "mirrors in which workers see their reflected essential nature". Marx viewed labour as a chance for people to externalize facets of their personalities. Marxists argue that performing repetitive, specialized tasks causes a feeling of disconnection between what a worker does all day, who they really are, and what they would ideally be able to contribute to society. Furthermore, Marx views these specialised jobs as insecure, since the worker is expendable as soon as costs rise and technology can replace more expensive human labour.<ref>Marx, Karl. "Comment on James Mill," ''Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts of 1844'': 1844.</ref>

Since workers have to stand in the same place for hours and repeat the same motion hundreds of times per day, [[Repetitive strain injury|repetitive stress injuries]] are a possible pathology of [[occupational safety]]. [[Industrial noise]] also proved dangerous. When it was not too high, workers were often prohibited from talking. [[Charles Piaget]], a [[skilled worker]] at the [[LIP factory]], recalled that besides being prohibited from speaking, the semi-skilled workers had only 25 centimeters in which to move.<ref>{{cite interview|url = http://www.mouvements.asso.fr/spip.php?article52|title = Leçons d'autogestion|trans-title = Autogestion Lessons|language = fr|url-status = dead|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070707192357/http://www.mouvements.asso.fr/spip.php?article52|archive-date = 7 July 2007}}</ref> Industrial [[ergonomics]] later tried to minimize physical trauma.