19 things you did working in the ’90s that you never do now
Looking back at the era of beepers and brick mobile phones, Glassdoor, the jobs and recruitment website, looks at how different ’90s company culture was compared to the office environments of today.
What did we do in the ’90s that now seems downright retro to modern day employees?
Read this list of 19 things you did working in the ’90s that you never do now – and enjoy the flashback:
1. …Kept resumes on a diskette.
2. …Took a real lunch hour—yes, an hour.
3. …Came into work sick, coughing and sneezing. Sickness was not actually considered a valid reason for taking a sick day.
4. …Had relatives who described their jobs as “works with computers.”
5. …Carried a briefcase that may or may not have simply contained a sandwich.
6. …Had the ‘Rachel’ haircut or the Meg Ryan.
7. …Read the entire newspaper daily.
8. …Handed out business cards regularly.
9. …Tried to sneak and listen to Nirvana on a Discman or Walkman in a cubicle.
10. …Only took “the company laptop” on work trips.
11. …Left work on a Friday and headed straight to the video store to rent a movie.
12. …Waited impatiently for dial-up internet.
13. …Handed out promotional pens to potential clients.
14. …Researched topics using the Encyclopedia Britannica.
15. …Listened to the constant, screeching buzz of the printer as it prints documents on continuous paper – for use with dot-matrix and line printers.
16. …Enjoyed an expensed lunch with plenty of booze.
17. …Browsed a Rolodex card before picking up the phone to dial a contact.
18. …Faxed reports to the “main office.”
19. …Carefully guarded the stapler, three-hole punch, scissors and calculator.
This article can be found at Glassdoor, here.
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