This is from 1943 not now. Lori
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From: Kathy Corrigan <kcorrigan@chgw.com>
To: 'mol-cancer@lists.meds.com' <mol-cancer@lists.meds.com>
Date: Friday, September 24, 1999 11:59 AM
Subject: RE: [MOL] how to get more work out of female employee
>Is this for real?!!!!! I'm surprised they haven't been sued!!!
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>[mailto:owner-mol-cancer@lists.meds.com]On Behalf Of Lori and Tom
>Anderson-Finwall
>Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 5:41 AM
>To: mol-; Melissa Evans; J. Peter Dosland; Daniel.segura; Bruce Anderson
>Subject: [MOL] how to get more work out of female employee
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>> The following is an excerpt from the July 1943 issue of Mass
>> Transportation.
>>
>> Eleven Tips on Getting More Efficiency Out of Women Employees:
>> There's no longer any question whether transit companies should hire
>> women for jobs formerly held by men. The draft and manpower shortage
>> has settled that point. The important things now are to select the most
>> efficient women available and how to use them to the best advantage.
>>
>> Here are eleven helpful tips on the subject from Western Properties:
>>
>> 1. Pick young married women. They usually have more of a sense of
>> responsibility than their unmarried sisters, they're less likely to be
>> flirtatious, they need the work or they wouldn't be doing it, they still
>> have the pep and interest to work hard and to deal with the public
>> efficiently.
>>
>> 2.When you have to use older women, try to get ones who have worked
>> outside the home at some time in their lives. Older women who have never
>> contacted the public have a hard time adapting themselves and are
>> inclined to be cantankerous and fussy. It's always well to impress upon
>> older women the importance of friendliness and courtesy.
>>
>> 3.General experience indicates that "husky" girls - those who are just a
>> little on the heavy side - are more even tempered and efficient than
>> their underweight sisters.
>>
>> 4.Retain a physician to give each woman you hire a special physical
>> examination - one covering female conditions. This step not only
>> protects the property against the possibilities of lawsuit, but reveals
>> whether the employee-to-be has any female weaknesses which would make
>> her mentally or physically unfit for the job.
>>
>> 5. Stress at the outset the importance of time - the fact that a minute
>> or two lost here and there makes serious inroads on schedules. Until
>> this point is gotten across, service is likely to be slowed up.
>>
>> 6.Give the female employee a definite day-long schedule of duties so
>> that they'll keep busy without bothering the management for instructions
>> every few minutes. Numerous properties say that women make excellent
>> workers when they have their jobs cut out for them, but that they lack
>> initiative in finding work themselves.
>>
>> 7. Whenever possible, let the inside employee change from one job to
>> another at some time during the day. Women are inclined to be less
>> nervous and happier with change.
>>
>> 8. Give every girl an adequate number of rest periods during the day.
>> You have to make some allowances for feminine psychology. A girl has
>> more confidence and is more efficient if she can keep her hair tidied,
>> apply fresh lipstick and wash her hands several times a day.
>>
>> 9.Be tactful when issuing instructions or in making criticisms. Women
>> are often sensitive; they can't shrug off harsh words the way men do.
>> Never ridicule a woman - it breaks her spirit and cuts off her
>> efficiency.
>>
>> 10. Be reasonably considerate about using strong language around women.
>> Even though a girl's husband or father may swear vociferously, she'll
>> grow to dislike a place of business where she hears too much of this.
>>
>> 11.Get enough size variety in operator's uniforms so that each girl can
>> have a proper fit. This point can't be stressed too much in keeping
>> women happy.
>>
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