I remember typing pools...

I remember my first day at work. The summer of 1981. County Hall. The smell of polished corridors and trolleys laden three-feet high with leaver arch files and buff folders. I opened a door and there it was: The Typing Pool. Page 3 of The Sun were always plastered on the walls of the printing unit whenever I was asked to make errands. We still had a few discussion threads on that topic in the early days here - in 2004!


And I've seen Made in Dagenham, the movie!


I only mention this as the CIPD published a report called Work Audit today, a fascinating look at how the world of work has changed
in Britain since 1952.


I thought we could share our own compelling vignettes of social history comparing changes in the way we work.


What do you reckon?


Steve

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  • Oh yes Emma I remember several smoking offices when I started a job in 1997.

    We used to have meetings in one of the manager's offices who smoked and several other attendees would light up on arrival at the meeting - because they could in that particular office. There was no consideration - at all - for the non smokers assembled in the room! (I was one of these unfortunately!)

    That's got to be one of the biggest changes really...

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  • Oh yes Emma I remember several smoking offices when I started a job in 1997.

    We used to have meetings in one of the manager's offices who smoked and several other attendees would light up on arrival at the meeting - because they could in that particular office. There was no consideration - at all - for the non smokers assembled in the room! (I was one of these unfortunately!)

    That's got to be one of the biggest changes really...

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