. Bell telephone magazine . four orfive times the 6,940figure. In addition tothe opportunities cited,each individual wageincrease, scheduled ormerit, is in recognitionof the employees con-tinued development andis supplemental to pro-motional opportunities. A check of theCompanys supervisoryservice records showedthat in 1950 there had representing percentof the total average number of em-ployees on the payroll that were 1,025 promotions ofmen, or for every 100 employed,and 1,643 promotions of women, for every 100 employed. Job Security JOB SECURITY still rates high on t
. Bell telephone magazine . four orfive times the 6,940figure. In addition tothe opportunities cited,each individual wageincrease, scheduled ormerit, is in recognitionof the employees con-tinued development andis supplemental to pro-motional opportunities. A check of theCompanys supervisoryservice records showedthat in 1950 there had representing percentof the total average number of em-ployees on the payroll that were 1,025 promotions ofmen, or for every 100 employed,and 1,643 promotions of women, for every 100 employed. Job Security JOB SECURITY still rates high on the 44° list of standards by which any job is 6,940 judged. Few if any jobs offer com- plete security—and thats a goodthing. A life-term convict enjoyscomplete security of a sort—but atwhat cost of personal freedom andself-respect! Its only natural for aperson to regard his job not merelyas a means of satisfying his im-mediate needs, but as a continuingsource from which he can derivepersonal and emotional satisfactions. Whether their office is small or large, telephone peoplecan eujov a pause in the (taxs occupation*1 in cheer-ful, homey surroundings. The larger offices are equippedwtih modern cafeterias 246 Bell Telephone Magazine WINTER as well as the material comforts oflife. The Companys good record in thismatter of job security didnt just hap-pen. Rather, its been the result ofcareful planning and a consciousnesson managements part of the im-portance of the human factor in itsapproach to problems that affect thelives of large groups of people. Job mediate effect on employment. Inher book, People at Work, FrancesPerkins, former U. S. Secretary ofLabor, described the manual-to-dialprogram as an almost perfect ex-ample of technological change madewith a minimum of disaster, ac-complished through human as wellas technical planning. U. S. Bureau of Labor Statisticsreports beginning in 1943 show that security with Illinois Bell starts with monthly turnover in the telephone t
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