. Canadian Machinery. iyi camea chap who was extreinely anxiousto please the boss—and on beingtold by one of the men to watchout for old grouch, etc., he prompt-ly went and told the foreman whathad been said about him. It looked bad for the tvorkmanwho had meant well in warning thetyro, and soon the three interested,namely, the foreman, new informant, were all assembledin the one room. Did you tell this guy I was noflood, a bulldozer, a grouch, the foreman. The poor worker had visions oflosing his job, and jobs were nonetoo plentiful at that time, but hedecided to brave
. Canadian Machinery. iyi camea chap who was extreinely anxiousto please the boss—and on beingtold by one of the men to watchout for old grouch, etc., he prompt-ly went and told the foreman whathad been said about him. It looked bad for the tvorkmanwho had meant well in warning thetyro, and soon the three interested,namely, the foreman, new informant, were all assembledin the one room. Did you tell this guy I was noflood, a bulldozer, a grouch, the foreman. The poor worker had visions oflosing his job, and jobs were nonetoo plentiful at that time, but hedecided to brave it out. I did, hereplied, and whats more, youreall I said you were. The foreman growled in histhroat, then said: Well, be that as it may—let hitn find the thing out for himself. Go back to he did, but strange to relate,the foreman was never so grouchyas he had been before to that par-ticular chap. viewpoint of production it will continueirrespective of our opinions. In one plant that I know of, this spe-. WHY COMMENT ON IHIS PICTURE: IT SPEAKS FOR TLnLIF. PETESTANDS IN THE CENTRE. WHILE THE FOUR HUSKIES IN VARIEDATTITUDES ARE THE APPRENTICES WHO WERE PRESENT WHENTHE WRITER CALLED. 40 Canadian machinery Volume XXV. cializing is carried to the extreme. Aconsiderable number of die sinkers areemployed; in fact the majority of theirhelp is of this branch of the trade. Sup-pose a new man applies for a position,claims he is a die sinker, and is told tocome into work in the morning. On ar-rival he is placed in a corner by himself,not with the regular workers, and therehe must work out his destiny, namely,prove his worth without help of any he makes good, both as toquality and speed, he is moved beside theother men. Should he be of only averagevalue he is gently but firmly shown thedoor. This, to my mind, is specializationcarried to the point of being new man entering our employ isnot handed the hardest job first, but isgiven a chance to find him
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