Inspired by another thread, what things were the norm when you started work that would now be unbelievable.
When my Mum told her employer she was pregnant, in 1972, they sacked her
When I started work you could smoke at your desk and we were even given branded ashtrays
No email, everything was printed out by a work processor and filled in by hand. We had one of those personalised ink stamps to use which we signed so they knew who had filled in the form
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What was the norm when you started work
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harknesswitch · 11/05/2021 19:23
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