Os órfãos da justiça : a precariedade do trabalho dos oficiais de justiça e a luta contra o sofrimento

Abstract

Since its beginning, the organization of thw work of bailiffs has undergone important changes. Understanding the current format of the bailiff's work is essential to identify the elements that constitute sources of pleasure and suffering and contribute to the maintenance of health or mental illness of workers. In that light, the objective of this study was to analyze the current organization of work and the subjective mobilization of baillifs of a state body of the Judiciary in the Central-West Region of Brazil. In other words, the conditions and work relationships, the experiences of pleasure-suffering, the defensive strategies used by workers to deal with suffering and pathologies resulting from work. This is a descriptive and exploratory case study based on the Psychodynamics of Work. The collection of information was carried out through individual interviews with 12 bailiffs, and the information obtained was submitted to clinical analysis of the work. The results were presented in four articles. The first, entitled "Bibliometric analisys of the work in the Judiciary", aimed to analyzethe articles published in Brazil about the theme, between May 2011 and May 2021, in CAPES platform. The results indicated that research on the organization of work in the Judiciary is modest, but relevant, mainly involving studies about management, with a predominance of the qualitative method, bibliographic research and the interview technique. The second, which the title is "The precariousness of the work of bailiffs" aimed to analyze the organization of the work of bailiffs of a state agency of the Judiciary in the Center-West Region of Brazil. The results indicated that working conditions and relationships are precarious and create embarassment. The third, called "Between pleasure and suffering at work: the case of bailiffs", aimed to analyze the experiences of pleasuresuffering of bailiffs of a state agency of the Judiciary in the Center-West Region of Brazil. in the face of work organization. The results showed that these workers experience more suffering than pleasure. The fourth and final article, entitled "The fight against suffering at work: the case of bailiffs", aimed to identify the defensive strategies used by these workers to deal with the suffering arising from work, as well as the pathologies resulting from the work. The results showed that jokes, projection, rationalization and denial are the main defensive strategies used by them to deal with suffering at work. Psychosomatic pathologies, anxiety disorders, posttraumatic stress and depression break out in these professionals. The conclusion shows the organization of work of baillifs create embarassment which can lead to mental sickness in the workers