MUSIC QUICKENS UP WORK

Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 226, 28 August 1939, Page 3

MUSIC QUICKENS UP WORK

FACTORY Oril'flALo VI EW-'J “STOP,', C’HA'.l THR” LONDON, JtiO u/. —Music in lactones call speeu up work, according in views expressed in a report on io.i pauses and reireslimcnts m industry, issued by the National institiuo o. I ndustriai Psychology. Interviews were obtained with officials cf 1(5.30 factories, employingGJOo.01;..', people. A percentage of 10.7 of the factories provided music. .Some of the comments from these officials were: Employees doing hammer work keep time to swingy .music. Manager lias noticed work quicken up* with introduction of music. Music has the effect of stopping chatter, and work improves in consequence. Tho girls prefer work in the warehouse with mimic to work in other departments where higher wages are earned. Can Work and Sing. Singing is allowed, and they work better, because it stops them talking. People can work and sing, but they cannot work and talk. Commenting on criticism of “canned” music, the report states: • •\Ve must not condemn ‘canned music'too harshly, for its presence m the factory may be but the modern eqidvalent of the filiate- player of oldeu days who charmed the ears ol the Greek ladies as they carried out their household tasks.” It was found that 52. i) per- cent, ol the factories visited had official rest pauses, which were spent in taking refreshments. Bread was the most common food, andl tea the most popular liquid refreshment.