Liu Xu says Every day I walked into the factory, I felt like this was all there was to my life. I was going to end up in that factory forever. What is this description of work about and what does it suggest about why we work?

Liu Xu says Every day I walked into the factory, I felt like this was all there was to my life. I was going to end up in that factory forever. What is this description of work about and what does it suggest about why we work?