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Going O utside for Coffee
Alm ost as bad, from the point of
view of office m orale, and w asted tim e,
is th e surprisingly prevalent practice
of leaving th e office floor entirely for
a cup of coffee in a n earb y eo m m er^M
re sta u ran t. EmployeesSwho enj oy suf
ficient freedom of m ovem ent to leave
th e ir desks are usually ju s t the ones
whose av ailab ility is im portant to the
operation. U nderstandably, eom daiw si
don’t like to crack down, especially on
creative and executive personnel.
A large oil com pany w rites; “A ro u n l
th e Philadelphia-/office there are num
erous restau ran ts, and some e n i p S ^
.fees have patronized them d u rin g w ork
ing hours for coffee. We h av e not a t
tem pted to stop this u n w ritten p riv i
lege, b u t we have tak en sfrepli to p r e
v en t abuses w hen em ployees are aw ay
from th e ir deck s''fo r too long 'a p e r
iod.”
“In our mairi foffice w e m ake no
provision for em ploye^ to enjoy a
m orning o r afternoon b re ak for cof
fee or cokes,” an o th er com pany writes.
“H ow ever co n trary to our policy in
this regard, m any of th e em ployees do;
h ab itu ally leave the office buildings
to enjoy a m idm orning or m id after
noon re fresh e r at a drug store or des-
tau ra n t. The m anagem ent is giving
this p roblem se rio u s^ o n sid e ra tio n at'
the p resen t tim e.”
A larg e r chem ical company, ebploy-
ing 700 draftsm en in one departm ent,
figured th a t trip s of technical person
nel to a re sta u ra n t in th e building for
coffee cost them $10,000 w orth of
n ick el-a-m in u te tim e a year. ;-T,hey
w ere ab le to save m uch ofg feE tim e
by in stallin g coffee vending m achines
on th e d raftin g floor.
F or th e large office, m achines vend
ing coffee in p ap e r cups appear to be
th e m ost satisfacto ry arrangem ent, al
though th ey a re so new th a t only one
of th e com panies checked by the In
stitu te rep o rted them . Most present
m achines re q u ire a potential clientele
of a t least 200 in o rder to in terest op
erators, b u t sm aller m achines a re on
th e w ay. O perators figure th a t a cof
fee vending m achine in an office w ill
sell one cup of coffee for every two
employees.
(C ontinued on- P age 22)
Civil Service
Examinations
The S tate Civil Service? Commission,
P ublic Service B u ild ^ S ^ S a le m . has
issued the following list ;of ex a m in a
tions to be helaWon|^ ^ w e n
b asis?;^A T ^^^ti(gW pn l l orm CS-100
w ill be accepted u ntil fu rth e r notice.
Continuous E xam inations
I Exam inations given on a continuous
basis for prom otion only: S tate-w id e
H E S n o n (SW P), division prom otion
( d p m I
■ ^A cH un^S M Ig-S W P -D P .
A c B B f l n t II— *DP.
Accounting C lerk—SW P-D P.
I Accounts Executive I— *DP.
Accounts Executive II— *SW P-*DP.
Bookkeeping M achine' O perator II—
KmgggDP.
Clerk
Clerk
Clerk
C lerk
C lerk
Field
II—SW P-DP.
IV— SW P t *DP.
V—SW P-*DP.
Typist III—SW P-D P.
S te n o S ip h e r IM -S W P -D P .
A uditor II— *DP.
E xam iner II— *DP.
H o spital A ide I I — D P.
Incom e Tax A uditor IV— *DP.
Incom e Tax A uditor V— *DP.
K ey Punch S upervisor— SW P-D P.
PBX O perator I—SW P-D P.
PBX O perator II— *SW P-*DP.
P ractical N urse I—D. I
T abulating M achine O perator II—
SW P-DP.
Exam inations given on a ^continuous
basis for all qualified^persons,W heth-
er or not they are presently em ployed
by,, the state.
Bookkeeping M achine O p erato r I.
B o o k k e ^ ^ ro M achine O p e rato r II.
C alculating M achine O perator.
* Child W elfare W orker I.
HgChild W elfare W orker II.
*Child W elfare! S upervisor I.
* Child W elfare S upervisor II.
Civil Engineer I.
C lerk I (W ill close Ju n e 30, 1950.)
Clerk Typist I.
C lerk Typist II.
C lerk S tenographer I.
C lerk S tenographer II.
C lerk S tenographer III.
County W elfare A d m in istrato r I.
(C ontinued on P age 31)