Identifier: belltelephonemag00vol2930amerrich (find matches)
Title: Bell telephone magazine
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept
Subjects: Telephone
Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)
Contributing Library: Prelinger Library
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ies in it for individuals ofmany types of skill and interest.There is wide variety in the types ofwork related directly to the perform-ance of the day-to-day telephoneservice job—such as engineering,business office positions, sales, plantconstruction, installation, mainte- nance, traffic operating, and account-ing. In contrast to its si/.e, a companylike Illinois Bell Telephone Companyis for the most part decentrali/cd,and this decentralization carriesthrough to all organizational levels.At the local or community level,management functions pretty muchon its own, with no more directionfrom above than prudent over-alladministration calls for. Quite often this working on onesown extends all the way down theline. To cite an example: The tele-phone installer, as he makes hisrounds, is pretty much his own boss.He has his own truck, his own tools.No two installations are quite alike.Each telephone he puts in not onlymust fit perfectly into the local ex-change system, complex in itself, but
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Good pay, steady employment, job prestige, the opportunity to work with congenial associates of their own age—these are some of the reasons why telephone work appeals to so many young women Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER

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