We know that throughout the historical construction of humanity, education and work have assumed a certain protagonism as a means of transforming lives. Currently, we can observe that the work/school relationship has been formed from disputes in the pedagogical field that aim to guarantee the hegemony of some social groups in the economic, political and cultural scenarios. Therefore, this dissertation aims to analyze the actions of Firjan/Sesi in the scope of basic education, going through the ideal established in its creation, its political, economic and social action over the last few years. Understanding, in this way, how the pedagogical foundations were built in Firjan SESI schools for basic education and mainly, its reflections on the performance of the history teacher. To this end, the methodology adopted was a bibliographic review on the purposes of creating Sesi, Firjan and their basic education, texts on the role of industrialists and their interests in politics and education in Rio de Janeiro, the analysis of documents, pedagogical foundations and regulations of Firjan/Sesi schools and mainly the observations collected over 14 years of teaching in the field of history in the education network in question. Through the material analyzed, it was possible to verify that the pedagogical foundations are anchored in norms and concepts based on the premise of constant technological evolution and the use of narratives that appear to emancipate individuals, such as STEAM, make-up culture and entrepreneurship. These foundations present in Firjan SESI schools point to the formation of an adaptable workforce that is susceptible to the demands of capitalist production, marked by instability and the individual s self-responsibility for the unlikely success or the certainty of failure. This entire plural and complex context, where processes of social and political change, with neoliberal discourses loaded with ultraconservative ideals in the field of education, have transformed schools into highly challenging places for teaching.