One of my mother's sisters did that kind of thing for a living in the 1950s through the early 70s, when she died. My aunt loved her work, and had no idea at all that computers were going to be something that would have eventually take over such work (with competent operators doing the data entry, of course).
In those days there were entry level positions where people could start off on easy tasks and learn. Training was provided. In those days, there was such a thing as being behind the scenes in administrative/clerical careers and hiding from the world/people. Now all of the administrative support positions require more interaction and soft skills usage than the technical skills and handling clerical duties and there is no such thing as being behind the scenes positions anymore and they can no longer hide from the world. In addition, employers no longer want to train.
+supertrouper I worked for Smith Barney in the computer room. We mounted tapes, filed tapes, ran daily jobs. It was a decent job with benefits. But as you stated, employers don't want to train workers anymore. Our job was physical and we were on our feet most of the shift. It wasn't rocket science.
I have my doubts. The vast majority of these women never progressed upward from these jobs. In most cases there was simply nowhere to progress toward. Management was a male only domain with very few exceptions. It is too easy to look back on the past with rose tinted glasses. Some things were better and some worse. Some of the progress since then has been progress in a positive direction and some negative.
Now this is what I call an office or typing pool - I love how all the women are constantly at work and no talking, all you can hear is the machines! All Mum used to type on was a typewriter, none of these fancy machines seen here in this video! When I was clerk in the 70s, I worked on one but not for very long.
No bad attitudes. No entitlement. Good people with good bosses. I know. People were actually human and had a soul. We live in an artificial world now with artificial people.
A lost art. And remember,, there could be no mistakes made. It was a skill if a mistake was made while typing to make the erasure, line up the text and hit the correct key(s). Producing work where corrections could be noticed was not acceptable and the work would be returned for a re-do. And all this with carbon pages in place.
This is what I wanted to do when I got out of high school---this, or be a secretary, both jobs for which I was trained---and I was very disappointed when I couldn't get a job in my home town (it was a very small place at the time), so went to work in a tiny factory, instead. I was yet too young to leave home, but would have loved this kind of work!
@@ReasonAboveEverything yep. Women don’t have to quit their jobs just because they got married or had a baby. Financial independence for women is absolutely essential. So much better off now. No woman can truly be happy by forfeiting her financial independence to stay home and essentially be her husband’s employee,
@@rinwesley3092 No, I am going to stick with my original assessment! Working in a slaughterhouse MIGHT be worse, but, vintage office noise 8 hours a day? In a world of institutional beige, gray, and grey? A hell on earth. The only highlight might be the smell of the mimeograph fluid when replacing it.
@@CrashingCrockery Yeah you're completely right, being stuck in that environment for hours on end every single day would be terrible. But alas they didn't have or know what we do today.
Not so. Most women were very thankful to have such a clean, steady job, and the noise was no worse than any factory of the time. A woman working at this kind of job knew that if she did quality work, she had a job for life. My aunt loved her time in such a job, and eventually was promoted to the position of comptroller of the company she worked for. Unfortunately, in the 21st century, it seems as if young women just want to take "selfies" and be so-called "influencers," as if that was any kind of real or useful work when it's worthless and nothing at all!
+adelgado75 Oh sometimes in the late 1960's or early 1970's. When Dawn on Mad Men joined The Firm, it was around 1968 shortly before Dr. King was assassinated.
My grandmother was a key puncher for old computer cards in the '50s and she was from Colombia; this was in New York though so I don't know how other cities were with hiring minorities.
The offices probably sounded like battlefields
Back then everything was documented on paper. Everything! How could they organize everything? It's crazy
It's called files
That's why it took 30 secretaries to do the job of one today that's why everybody had it good everybody had a job and a house and a car
I live in Germany and this is still the case like 90% of the time
One of my mother's sisters did that kind of thing for a living in the 1950s through the early 70s, when she died. My aunt loved her work, and had no idea at all that computers were going to be something that would have eventually take over such work (with competent operators doing the data entry, of course).
I love that most of the women wore pearls. Love the style back then.
In those days there were entry level positions where people could start off on easy tasks and learn. Training was provided. In those days, there was such a thing as being behind the scenes in administrative/clerical careers and hiding from the world/people. Now all of the administrative support positions require more interaction and soft skills usage than the technical skills and handling clerical duties and there is no such thing as being behind the scenes positions anymore and they can no longer hide from the world. In addition, employers no longer want to train.
+supertrouper I worked for Smith Barney in the computer room. We mounted tapes, filed tapes, ran daily jobs. It was a decent job with benefits. But as you stated, employers don't want to train workers anymore. Our job was physical and we were on our feet most of the shift. It wasn't rocket science.
All these things are true.
I have my doubts. The vast majority of these women never progressed upward from these jobs. In most cases there was simply nowhere to progress toward. Management was a male only domain with very few exceptions. It is too easy to look back on the past with rose tinted glasses. Some things were better and some worse. Some of the progress since then has been progress in a positive direction and some negative.
It’s all AI now. Just about.
Now this is what I call an office or typing pool - I love how all the women are constantly at work and no talking, all you can hear is the machines! All Mum used to type on was a typewriter, none of these fancy machines seen here in this video! When I was clerk in the 70s, I worked on one but not for very long.
That is so cool! I wonder how they could keep record of everything back then. Very fascinating. I think digitalization made everything much easier.
No bad attitudes. No entitlement. Good people with good bosses. I know. People were actually human and had a soul.
We live in an artificial world now with artificial people.
How noisy offices used to be!
I prefer this to the modern chit chat
A lost art. And remember,, there could be no mistakes made. It was a skill if a mistake was made while typing to make the erasure, line up the text and hit the correct key(s). Producing work where corrections could be noticed was not acceptable and the work would be returned for a re-do. And all this with carbon pages in place.
I used to work for a Bank its was called Transit Department. It was hell there was no windows to look and so so now
This is only hell to those who shudder at the thought of actual work.
Definitely Gen Z and some millennials (not all)
We wouldn’t shudder if we actually had any to get used to it. I mean, it’s almost more likely to see Jesus than getting an actual job
This is what I wanted to do when I got out of high school---this, or be a secretary, both jobs for which I was trained---and I was very disappointed when I couldn't get a job in my home town (it was a very small place at the time), so went to work in a tiny factory, instead. I was yet too young to leave home, but would have loved this kind of work!
It’s tedious and repetitive. That drives some people bonkers. But if you like doing the same thing everyday it’s perfect.
Well, boomers must have hated typewriters to wanna ditch them for computers.
Their husbands never visit them at work because it gives them PTSD
😂
I could never type like that. When computers came I was fast though.
These jobs had benefits and pensions.
and they got replaced with computers.
More and more jobs will be taken
And you had to resign when you got married. Thank god times have changed.
@@Brutus-co9dt Are you sure about that.
@@ReasonAboveEverything yep. Women don’t have to quit their jobs just because they got married or had a baby. Financial independence for women is absolutely essential. So much better off now. No woman can truly be happy by forfeiting her financial independence to stay home and essentially be her husband’s employee,
and they says, we just got right to education
Reminds me of the movie The Apartment 😀
I'm only interested in who at the bank is in charge of ordering the beer ( 0:35 ). That's my type of job. :)
Nice
That is what hell looks (and sounds) like.
Yes!
Only to the fragile.
@@rinwesley3092 No, I am going to stick with my original assessment! Working in a slaughterhouse MIGHT be worse, but, vintage office noise 8 hours a day? In a world of institutional beige, gray, and grey? A hell on earth. The only highlight might be the smell of the mimeograph fluid when replacing it.
@@CrashingCrockery Yeah you're completely right, being stuck in that environment for hours on end every single day would be terrible. But alas they didn't have or know what we do today.
Not so. Most women were very thankful to have such a clean, steady job, and the noise was no worse than any factory of the time. A woman working at this kind of job knew that if she did quality work, she had a job for life. My aunt loved her time in such a job, and eventually was promoted to the position of comptroller of the company she worked for.
Unfortunately, in the 21st century, it seems as if young women just want to take "selfies" and be so-called "influencers," as if that was any kind of real or useful work when it's worthless and nothing at all!
1:02 what is that typewriter
what a nightmare
Pure hell
These must be a busy every day
when did blacks and latinos enter these job?
+adelgado75 Oh sometimes in the late 1960's or early 1970's. When Dawn on Mad Men joined The Firm, it was around 1968 shortly before Dr. King was assassinated.
+laminage Thank you
You're quite welcome. When I watched Man Men it dumbfounded me to see how far we as society have come.
adelgado75 When will you learn English?
My grandmother was a key puncher for old computer cards in the '50s and she was from Colombia; this was in New York though so I don't know how other cities were with hiring minorities.