Competitiveness is seen as a positive quality for people to have in many societies today. How does this competitiveness affect individuals? Is it a positive or negative quality?

These days, many countries regard competitiveness as a quality that can make

people

more productive. Ironically, in my opinion,

this

trend leads to the opposite side

instead

of the positive effect. Under the pressure of

competition

,

people

are less likely to feel satisfied and need to put in more effort to achieve the same success as now. In a highly competitive society, it is difficult for

people

to achieve satisfaction through their growth;

instead

, they need to be better than others to gain a

sense

of satisfaction.

However

, everyone has their areas of expertise and incompetence, so it is harder to get a

sense

of achievement by trying their best to outperform everyone or even the best in the field than by making their progress. As the

sense

of failure builds up, the more the desire to gain satisfaction through

competition

to regain self-confidence becomes a vicious circle. When

people

are required to spend unnecessary effort to obtain what they are supposed to have, all standards are artificially raised and

thus

trapped in vicious

competition

. A significant case is a Chinese company called Ali which encourage staff to compete with other departments, other teams and even within their teams. After a series of promotion conditions were publicised, it turned out that

employees

were overworked to complete what was originally a multi-person task.

Then

, many

employees

were made redundant since they were not wanted anymore, leaving the remaining

employees

to stay in their original positions with extra workload and hours but with fewer benefits. There are no winners in

this

competition

for

employees

, only exploiters who have the

last

laugh. The promotion of a

sense

of

competition

is an orgy for the rule-builders, while for the majority of ordinary

people

, the only thing left is a

sense

of no longer feeling fulfilled and a tiring and low-paying job.