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'm just remembering my most embarrasing moment after starting my first office job at 17 in the late 80's, working for a construction company. I'd taken a tray of teas into the board room, when I went back to collect the empty cups, the manager said to me "can we have quieter cups next time please?"  I'm still not sure whether I was shaking due to nerves or struggling to walk on my excessively high white stilletto heels !


    Thinking about tippex, I remember having a full range of colours to match the carbon copy pages of the invoice pad...... and using white to touch up marks on my heels!!

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  • I'm just remembering my most embarrasing moment after starting my first office job at 17 in the late 80's, working for a construction company. I'd taken a tray of teas into the board room, when I went back to collect the empty cups, the manager said to me "can we have quieter cups next time please?"  I'm still not sure whether I was shaking due to nerves or struggling to walk on my excessively high white stilletto heels !


    Thinking about tippex, I remember having a full range of colours to match the carbon copy pages of the invoice pad...... and using white to touch up marks on my heels!!

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