If you are going to be the boss of those who dwell in the warehouse/records
center, expect to get dirty every now and then. When I ran a municipal records
center and archives - we were located in the City's old incinerator building - I
even had my own set of work uniforms. We got them for the rest of the staff
(looks like mechanics pants/shirts/jacket with the City's seal and persons
name), mine with the white shirts/collars and their's with blue. Came in handy
for looking in attics for old records - a task I did as I inventoried
departments.
My favorite warehouse work was our quarterly final destruction process where we
went to the destruction holding/verification area and opened the dock doors and
had the DPW crew bring a trash truck and then we would hurl 500 or so boxes into
the hopper for ride to the waste-energy plant down the road for the roasting!
Freezing ran is the order of the day. Oh joy! Tod
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From: Records Management Program [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
Roach, Bill
Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 17:11
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [RM] Job: Cambridge, Massachusetts (revised posting) OT
>>At times may work in basements, attics, warehouses and other records
storage areas that may be dusty or moldy. Must be able to regularly
lift 50 lb. records storage boxes.<<
From my perspective, this is not as bad as it sounds. I am a records
manager and find it quite interesting, and a necessity, to roll up my
sleeves from time to time and dig into stuff that has been overlooked,
ignored or forgotten. Doing is not beneath me, it means that I am
making progress. Boxes are a reality, if we can't lift them
occasionally, we should choose a different profession, like accounting
(no offense intended).
I think we should also remember that environmental criteria, including
lifting, dusty conditions and the like, is requirement for inclusion
into job descriptions. Folks that can't do the work (lifting) or work
under those conditions (dusty) should know better than to apply.
Without the employer including the information, unqualified folks could
claim discrimination. Another danger to employers is that an individual
with a known problem will take the job and then blame it on the company,
forcing them to pickup the tab. That's the reality of an employer's
world.
Some might argue that similar requirements are not listed for other
management positions. I would respectfully disagree. I know of many
management positions that specify managers may have to work in adverse
conditions, be exposed to extreme heat or cold, and be available for
work even on their time off.
I just wonder how many of them would rather lift a couple of boxes once
in a while. I have worked in both words, trust me, lifting boxes in a
dusty attic is much better than fixing heavy equipment when it is 40
degrees below zero.
Bill R
Bill Roach, CRM
Manager, Corporate Records
MoneyGram International
1550 Utica Ave. So.
Minneapolis, MN 55416
Direct: 952-591-3325
Fax: 952-591-3333
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