This theoretical article aims to analyze the relationship between time and consumer culture in modernity, and its repercussion in human experiences, starting from a critical perspective of the administration. Authors in the areas of sociology, psychology, philosophy, and administration were used, considering the complexity and multiplicity of the knowledge around the subject. The discussion on consumption was grounded on the work by authors such as Horkheimer, Rosa, Bauman, and Baudrillard. As for social time, the theoretical framework counted on works by Sue, Pronovost, and Durkheim. Finally, the studies by Larossa, Maia, and Perls subsidized the discussion on experience. The article is based on radical humanism (BURREL and MORGAN, 1979), ...