Show wl IONS ION'S t i AUTHENTIC T REPORT t Roger V. W Babson On Job Responsibility In this Uli day and age man many workers feel that i their heir job is of or no real import import- ance They think of it only as asa asa asa a source of income and nd the they dont don't care much whether they do their level best or not now HOW IT WORKS Naturally this attitude altitude docs does not nol afflict all workers but I Ido Ido Ido do think that far lar too man many employed men and women consider not jobs cir jobs are not ne not not- particularly important This is not true Irue and the quicker our workers of all aIr ages find that out the better belter off they and and the he economy will be In the first place if a job were of no special importance it wouldn't be there Since the job ob is there this means that it t is necessary and that it is worth doing well Doing a job badly hurts not nol only yourself but bul everybody in your entire emir zat i ion o n. n Those involved fed ed in turning out an product or presenting any service are arc and must be interdependent upon one another another an an- other in order to achieve top results If anybody lets down all arc are injured In an automotive automotive automotive auto auto- motive company for lor example all steps are equally important important import import- ant Manufacture of the various various var- var ious ous materials assembling of the he parts painting upholstering upholster upholster- ing mg cleaning cleal ng showing land and dem demonstrating Necessary and significant too is inspection of each step in the complicated ed process of taking an automobile automobile automobile auto auto- mobile or truck from its ils initial initial initial ini ini- stages through to the ultimate ultimate ultimate ulti ulti- mate customer Nobody can cansay cansay cansay say that the inspectors inspector's job is less ess crucial than any other along the way WHY EACH JOB JOn IS EQUALLY IMPORTANT A mistake could travel ravel right to the Ule customer and botch a sale if it H were not for the inspectors inspectors' craft in checking the work through all its ts phases Disappointment because because because be be- cause of a faulty product breeds dissatisfaction with wilh the company itself No amount of advertising can convince a customer that a company's prestige is deserved when he has encountered something I drastically wrong in its prod prod- Individualism may be a I good tiling thing in our private te lives but when it comes to making a living teamwork is important all Only tu ou g h perfect teamwork can employers employ employ- ers and stockholders ers all get the most out of any operation A man who makes a tiny electric switch may think thinly thinks his job nim w en contrasted wilh hat of a brilliant scientific engineer who designs a space ship But Buta a multi multi million million dollar spa c e ship could fail at take off could plunge into the ocean or could just plain blow up if anything should go wrong with that tiny switch So if you happen to be the man making that small switch dont don't think that you are less Jess important than the salaried big engineer If you are not responsible on your part of the Ule team it wont won't do the engineer any good to tobe tobe tobe be brilliantly responsible on his part rt of that team A good many young people today are arc not naturally aware of the necessity of discipline and unfortunately their families families families lies and school teachers often fail CaU to make this need plain to them That is the reason for Cor the dropouts dropouts drop drop- outs from junior high schools and high schools throughout the nation If IC these children have no sense of responsibility toward their own education it itis itis itis is not likely that they will assume assume as as- sume any when thc they go out into the business world Such children grow into adults who consider their jobs of no real value who do not know the meaning meaning of job responsibility Let me warn the parents of today's youngsters that employers em em- employers are against hiring school dropouts This is a time thine of specialization There is 20 per cent less Jess demand demand demand de de- de- de mand right now for lor common labor labo than in 1950 and certainly certainly certainly nobody can expect any ris rac m in wag ate for those in ill unskilled categories ies Best opportunities are in engineering engineering engineering en en- advanced mathematics mathematics mathe- mathe matics malics physics cle electronics da data l processing and If II you let Jet your our children children chil chil- dren or your grandchildren drop out of school they will probably never acquire any needed responsibility a and n d they UlCY will never get the training train ing jag that will make them prospects prospects prospects pros pros- for the big jobs perhaps perhaps perhaps per per- haps even for any job of tomorrow Dont Don't let your child become a dropout |