In capitalism, work means the activity performed by the human being that becomes the exchange value where man sells his workforce to perform social reproduction - to consume and produce. It is alienated work where the worker does not recognize himself in what he produces, does not dominate the entire production process. The worker is not the owner of the means of production and labor, they belong to the capitalist, who is based on profit and surplus value, that is, the surplus of human labor, which is not passed on to the worker.
In short, we can say that before our capitalist society, the work is:
