This article presents the current debate ON the world of the work (ANTUNES, OFFE, | SCHAFF, GUERRA, IDE & CORDELL, MATTOSO), It focus on the impact of the use of ,11, computer in the work in the process of labor.The article analyses, among others subjects, the main importance of work in the individuals lives. Finally, the implications of the new technologies are analyzed as well as the intrinsic factors of the work (control, loads, identity) in the workers' psychic health.