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Editorial
August 13, 1951
The Daily Alaska Empire
Juneau, Juneau County, Alaska
What is this article about?
Editorial reports on NOMA's survey of over 2,100 companies and 464,649 employees, highlighting lenient policies on men's attire (coats off, sport shirts), widespread acceptance of snacks like morning coffee, and persistence of cuspidors in 20% of offices, aimed at informing Juneau workers.
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COATS, COFFEE AND CUSPIDORS
From time to time, we are favored with press releases from the National Office Management Association, with headquarters in Philadelphia and is dedicated to the scientific improvement of the American office.
NOMA has recently completed a survey of Office Customs and the release covers some of the topics taken up in that survey. Inasmuch as these are the first statistics we have seen on some of those subjects, we pass them along for the information and guidance of Juneau's office slaves.
More than 2,100 companies in more than 120 cities participated in the survey and the findings have to do with 464,649 employees.
We quote: Less than 4 per cent of the responding companies concern themselves officially with the dress of their office employees . . . over three quarters of the responding companies allow men employees to remove their coats at any time; an additional 13 per cent permit their men to remove their coats in warm weather only; over 58 per cent allow sport shirts. A further indication of leniency is that in the companies allowing men to remove their coats, 82 per cent allow them to be removed while contacting the public. Only two per cent said that they did not allow men employees to remove their coats at all.
Between-meal feeding is of major importance to many companies. This is especially true of the morning coffee hour. Almost 85 per cent of the responses indicated that between-meal snacks were officially okayed. To add to this overwhelming acceptance, over half of the companies that did not officially allow between-meal snacks said that they "ignored violations" of the rule.
Replies to the final question in the survey bore out the suspicion held by the Association that cuspidors have not entirely faded from the office scene. Twenty per cent of the offices still have cuspidors in use. Only 1 per cent of these companies provide a cuspidor at every desk, but 18 per cent provide them if requested.
From time to time, we are favored with press releases from the National Office Management Association, with headquarters in Philadelphia and is dedicated to the scientific improvement of the American office.
NOMA has recently completed a survey of Office Customs and the release covers some of the topics taken up in that survey. Inasmuch as these are the first statistics we have seen on some of those subjects, we pass them along for the information and guidance of Juneau's office slaves.
More than 2,100 companies in more than 120 cities participated in the survey and the findings have to do with 464,649 employees.
We quote: Less than 4 per cent of the responding companies concern themselves officially with the dress of their office employees . . . over three quarters of the responding companies allow men employees to remove their coats at any time; an additional 13 per cent permit their men to remove their coats in warm weather only; over 58 per cent allow sport shirts. A further indication of leniency is that in the companies allowing men to remove their coats, 82 per cent allow them to be removed while contacting the public. Only two per cent said that they did not allow men employees to remove their coats at all.
Between-meal feeding is of major importance to many companies. This is especially true of the morning coffee hour. Almost 85 per cent of the responses indicated that between-meal snacks were officially okayed. To add to this overwhelming acceptance, over half of the companies that did not officially allow between-meal snacks said that they "ignored violations" of the rule.
Replies to the final question in the survey bore out the suspicion held by the Association that cuspidors have not entirely faded from the office scene. Twenty per cent of the offices still have cuspidors in use. Only 1 per cent of these companies provide a cuspidor at every desk, but 18 per cent provide them if requested.
What sub-type of article is it?
Office Customs
Workplace Survey
What keywords are associated?
Office Dress Code
Coat Removal
Sport Shirts
Morning Coffee
Between Meal Snacks
Cuspidors
Noma Survey
Office Customs
What entities or persons were involved?
National Office Management Association (Noma)
Juneau's Office Slaves
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Noma Survey On Office Dress, Snacks, And Cuspidors
Stance / Tone
Informative And Light Hearted
Key Figures
National Office Management Association (Noma)
Juneau's Office Slaves
Key Arguments
Less Than 4% Of Companies Regulate Employee Dress Officially
Over 75% Allow Men To Remove Coats Anytime, 13% In Warm Weather
58% Allow Sport Shirts
82% Permit Coat Removal When Contacting Public
2% Never Allow Coat Removal
85% Officially Allow Between Meal Snacks
Over Half Of Others Ignore Violations
20% Of Offices Still Use Cuspidors
1% Provide Cuspidor At Every Desk
18% Provide On Request