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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  • @Nicky- I was having a similar chat with my kids re homework recently. My stories of 'going off and looking it up in a book' were completely alien to the Google generation.

    I am enjoying the memories of typewriters and holes in paper- I can feel the lingering frustration! In my last job (barely 5 years ago) I used to deal with a company that had no email, an antiquated fax machine, and still wrote invoices out by hand. Going to their site was like stepping back 20 years. Sort of comforting, in an odd way!

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  • @Nicky- I was having a similar chat with my kids re homework recently. My stories of 'going off and looking it up in a book' were completely alien to the Google generation.

    I am enjoying the memories of typewriters and holes in paper- I can feel the lingering frustration! In my last job (barely 5 years ago) I used to deal with a company that had no email, an antiquated fax machine, and still wrote invoices out by hand. Going to their site was like stepping back 20 years. Sort of comforting, in an odd way!

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