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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  • I remember...

    - being very suspicious of the reliability of email 13 years ago

    - asking 'What's an intranet?' 15 years ago

    - using walkie-talkies to talk to people around the building when I worked with Madame Tussauds 20 years ago

    -  having to open windows in the staffroom to clear the smell of smoke after every breaktime 21 years ago

    - cleaning Chinagraph pencil off a display book we used to record orders before we phoned them into the warehouse for a branch of Sock Shop 22 years ago

    - panicking at being stuck in traffic on a 137 bus and not being abe to let my manager know I was running late 23 years ago

    -being paid £12 for 16 hours' work over a weekend in the local florist shop 26 years ago!


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  • I remember...

    - being very suspicious of the reliability of email 13 years ago

    - asking 'What's an intranet?' 15 years ago

    - using walkie-talkies to talk to people around the building when I worked with Madame Tussauds 20 years ago

    -  having to open windows in the staffroom to clear the smell of smoke after every breaktime 21 years ago

    - cleaning Chinagraph pencil off a display book we used to record orders before we phoned them into the warehouse for a branch of Sock Shop 22 years ago

    - panicking at being stuck in traffic on a 137 bus and not being abe to let my manager know I was running late 23 years ago

    -being paid £12 for 16 hours' work over a weekend in the local florist shop 26 years ago!


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