MEMO OF THE MONTH
MEMO of theMonth Each year our readers send us hundreds of these examples of the bureaucratic mind at its worst. We print one each month. mis is one of our favorites. WESTERN ELECTRIC North...
...Departments on the Lawrence side of this dividing line will pick up cake in the south cafeteria...
...In addition to the above, a commemorative book mark will be given to each employee on November 18, 1969...
...pink tickets for 25 pieces of cake and a yellow ticket for odd numbers...
...In honor of this occasion the first rest period for each shift will be extended to twenty minutes...
...These will be distributed through your Assistant Manager’s Office...
...Example: If a department has 80 employees (including supervisors) they will pick up three pink and one yellow ticket...
...MEMO of theMonth Each year our readers send us hundreds of these examples of the bureaucratic mind at its worst...
...those on the Haverhill side will pick up at the north cafeteria...
...WESTERN ELECTRIC North Andover, Mass...
...s / J. CONNERS -240 copy to: Large Staff Section Chiefs...
...The plant will be divided in half, starting at the main lobby entrance and running straight down to the rear of the plant...
...Prior to the first rest period each department will send one person, for each twenty-five employees in the department, to a pre-assigned cafeteria to pick up cake which will be distributed at rest period...
...November 11, 1969 TO ALL DEPARTMENT CIIIEFS On November 18, 1969 the Company will observe its 100th anniversary...
...The yellow will be marked five employees and signed by individual department chief...
...During the period from November 12, 1969 through November 17, 1869, departments will pick up tickets at the Public Relations Office for their employees...
...There will be two types of tickets...
...Schedule and procedure to be followed on November 18, 19tjY is: SHIFT HOURS CAKE PICK-UP TIME DEST PERIOD 7:OO to 3:30 8:OO to 4:45 8:OO-9:OO 9:00-10:00 9:20-9:40 1o:oo-1o:zo Second Shift 4 :45 - 5 : 20 5 :20- 5:40 Third Shift-All employees go to the south cafeteria from 1:30-1:50 A.M., where cake will be served...
Vol. 4 • February 1973 • No. 12
