True or False Employees frequently stayed with a single large corporation from their initial hire all the way to retirement.
What were some examples of technology in workplaces in the 1950s
Typewriters, Punch card machines, Adding machines
What are the 3 fast food franchises that boomed in the 1950s
White Castle, McDonalds, Burger King
What specific character did ads frequently use
White girls
What was the weekly pay for white collar jobs
$66-$69
What were typewriters used for
Typewriters were essential in offices for creating letters, reports, invoices, and business documents. Secretaries and clerks often typed documents for managers, and mistakes were corrected manually. In the modern day everything is typed and printed out instead of typewriters but the typewriter was the beginning of the move to more electrical writing than physical.
What did Burger King use to make food faster and more convenient
the "Insta-Broiler" machine
What stragety did marketers do to make their advertisements more popular
Marketers studied teens buying habits on behalf of businesses and created advertising for everything from clothing to music
What were the common white collar job jobs
Common white-collar jobs include: salesmen, accountants, engineers, corporate executives, and teachers.
What were adding machines used for
Adding machines and calculators helped employees calculate payroll, balance accounts, and prepare financial records. Now calculators are used in our everyday lives for accounting and even architecture.
What did White Castle Pioneer
the 5-cent square slider, high-visibility stainless steel kitchens, and an early centralized supply chain
True or False Due to the post-World War II economic boom and thanks to the increased availability of disposable income. teenagers were seen using the telephone during the 1950s.
True
By what percent did job percentage rise because of white collar jobs
34%
What were punch card machines used for
Punched-Card Machines were used to store information like inventory and employee records and this was the start of machines storing data and not manual counting. Now things cn be saved online through docs and sharing with other people and this came from punch card machines
What major system did McDonalds start doing to end carhops and transform it into something more convenient
The "Speedee Service System," which replaced carhops with an assembly-line kitchen to deliver cheap food in seconds
What was the major driving force for Advertisements
TV became the driving force for advertising. Some memorable TV spots during this time period were for Alka-Seltzer, Ajax, and Frosted Flakes. Anacin really took the leap into TV advertising and showed how beneficial it could truly be
What were the roles of men and woman is white collar jobs
Men mainly filled executive, management, and technical roles, while women were largely concentrated in support or "pink-collar" office positions such as secretaries, typists, and bank tellers. More commonly however, women would just stay home and take care of the children and the house while men went out and worked at their white-collar job.
What inventions were later made because of the type writer and adding machines
printers and compuetrs were influenced by type writers and calculators were a later and a more advanced adding machine
What did White Castle do that was different than the other fast food companies
Unlike McDonald's and Burger King, White Castle did not franchise its restaurants in the 1950s. The company kept strict, central family ownership to maintain total control over food quality, supply chains, and uniform building.
What major tatic did TVs and ads use to make teens buy their products
they consistently repeated the phrase “fast, fast, fast relief”. With this tactic, Anacin’s sales increased significantly.