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[quote=Anonymous]My first few jobs was 100 percent in person, suit and tie, ladies in business suits, makeup, pantyhose. I say we dressed nicer then most people do today for weddings, I now my white shirt better by crisp and ironed, my black shoes freshly shined. My tie, looking sharp no Kohls crap and suit freshly pressed and a name brand.

My boss had rule work started you work. We started 830 am but he wanted us there no later than 815 am so time to go to bathroom, eat breakfast, get a cup of coffee. Then straight to work. Lunch was someone run across street and grab something. Bring back. Usually you bring back 2-3 orders as not everyone had time. We all worked till around 630pm every day. So a good 10 hours. And we were always busy. No flex time, and we did not go home usually till everyone done. Rare occassion you finish early you help others. We were all cross trained. Company had a training budget, paid for CPAs, MBAs etc. That was on your own time.

In return the average 21 year old out of college made it to VP with a corner office and expense account inflation adjusted made 300K by 31. We got raises every six months of 8 percent, great bonuses.

Give a 50 hour work week with zero downtime at a high speed pace we were doing on average the work of 2-3 employees elsewhere.

I used to make 350K a year in that environment in 2006 which was 20 years ago.

And we saved a boatload on rental costs given how productive we were and on SS, insurance, and unemployment costs. Also few employees quit. Why, well no time to interview and also you have to take a 100K to 200K  pay cut to leave.

Not saying that is for everyone. But if you are talking pure productivity wise we were lined up in desks, Bosses had raised platforms their desk on. Bosses had access to view your screens and strict on max 10 minutes person phone calls a day. Man we banged out work.

Would I take that job today NO! Would I jump on that job if I was 25 and single YES.

But dont pretend WFH is most productive. It is way better employees but for the Boss man it is not.                [/quote]

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