THE BEST WORKERS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3334, 16 August 1926, Page 2

THE BEST WORKERS.

Mr Herbert IX Brown, chief of the United States Bureau of Efficiency, whose business it has been for twentythree years to study employees in America.)! Government offices, states that widows and large fat men are the world’s worst workers, while “old maids,” tall, slim men, and little men are the best type of workers for an employer to have in his office

“Of all women, considered as workers, the ‘old maid’ is the most loyal and efficient,” says this American export.

“Once I settled in spinsterhood, a, woman is not distracted by thoughts which constantly engage the minds ot young girls, who are in eager chase of husband's. She does not stop her typewriter to powder her nose; the arrangement of her shingle is not causing her incessant anxiety, and her lipstick, if she has one, is reserved for occasional use.

“The widow is not so good.” says Mr Brown! “She thinks of her past, looking backward rather than forward. She is often a ‘trouble-maker’ in an office.

“Slender women are, as a rule, bettor workers than those of more substantial physique. When a slim woman puts on flesh she is liable to lose some of her energy.” Mr Brown has some equally hard truths to say about the so-called sterner, sex.

“The best /non workers, generally speaking, are of two physical types,” ho declares. “One of them is tall, slim and wiry. The other is small, perhaps not more than four inches above live feet in stature. “There is an unmistakable relation between physique and mentality. The fat, placid man is not likely to forgo ahead. He is too easy-going The large, husky man is rarely an efficient worker, and is not usually successful in commercial life. Married men, as a ruler, are hotter workers than bachelors.” Another variety in Mr Brown’s inexhaustible catalogue is the rod-headed woiker. who, he says, is dynamic on his job. but less easy to manage than others.

A Daily Express representative toured a number of London offices to find out whether English workers come under this category. Some of in’s inquiries proved illuminating: “It is inipossilbe to generalise, ’ said an official of a business training college. “The capability for work dees not depend on the physical qualities of cither a man or a woman. Fat women often prove better workers than thin ones. Everything depends on the mentality of the person concerned.”

“Spinsters, who arc resigned to spinsterhood, are among the best workers.” said the manager of a large store. “The trouble with them, however. is that their ideas become settled and they lose their sense of proportion. Married women are not usually good workers, because their time is occupied in thinking about their homes. There is not much to choose between a bachelor and a married man.

“Short men arc generally efficient, but most red-I)siired men are full of bluff."