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25. I remember the years of the IBM Country Clubs and where you got that as a Perk and

Sat Apr 5, 2014, 04:41 PM

Apr 2014

the "I've Been Moved" meant everything was paid for the move the "Housing Inconvenience" and smooth sailing for your Mortgage when you relocated.

The downside was the "Dress Code." Anyone remember "Sleeves for Women and White Shirt and Conservative Tie" for the IBM Customer Service people?

It was a good life for those I knew who manage to snag a job there. But, that was back when they had "Punch Cards" and the Tech people came in to fix your Selectric Typewriter. Those were some good times for IBM Employees and those of that era ended up retiring very well.

Others younger....not so well. It was IBM's selling point...the Country Club, Picnics for Famlies and kids and living in communities where other IBM'ers lived in the constant moves.

Just my bit of history remembering. I worked in "Dead Tree Book Publishing" and the Technical Support for the "Typewriters." Publishing was all about the "Selectric" and manuscripts and Editing and Proofing were whole departments unto themselves. Our IBM Techs were really cool as they regularly seviced our Machines and the Punch Card Machines.

It seems like something out of the dark ages...but, it wasn't really as long ago as that.

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