It is possible to study the suffering at work with the aim of addressing a specific form of suffering in the context of a particular job. But if the job as a category of activity that is synonymous with suffering for the majority of the population in a given society, if it is the meaning of this activity that disappear from human understanding, it is that there is a problem with the nature of work, with its purpose and with the organization of the work itself. Therefore, the cure to the suffering at work passes by a profound reassessment of the meaning of work as an activity “for society”.