The Works Manager To-Day: An Address Prepared for a Series of Private Gatherings of Works Managers
The Works Manager To-Day: An Address Prepared for a Series of Private Gatherings of Works Managers
Sidney Webb
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. . . The time was cut to four hours, and the work was done in three and a half. ... It was then cut to three and a half hours, and the workers completed the job in three hours. Again the time was cut, but the patience of the workers had reached its limit, and the time taken was seven hours. . . . The time was immediately increased to four hours, but with no effect. On increasing the time to the original five hours, the workers completed the job in three and a half. . . . Once again the time wa...s cut, with the result that ** the workers' suspicions were aroused, and the time promptly jumped to seven hours. The workers had learnt their lesson,'* In this case the labour cost, which had begun at 8s. lOd., gradually sank to 6s. 6d., but jumped up to 14s. when ** the workers had learnt their lesson ! " {A Rational Wages System, by Henry Atkinson, M.I.C.E., 1917, pp. 27-8). It is difficult to know whether to blame most, the dishonesty or the stupidity of the management which can teach the workman such a lesson.
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