I’ve always thought this method was hilarious, but it’s a very specific type of work that requires it. There’s not much automation to be done since it’s different every time. I also had a previous job where some days you’d have to count product in boxes all day long, and hand write the numbers (this was about 3 years ago).
What outdated things at your work do you find amusing?
Most paperwork at my job is still hand written on paper. Logbooks, hourly reading sheets, energy isolation, water tank additive logsheets, medical grade forms, blah blah blah all paper. Binders everywhere. Dusty filing cabinets everywhere.
But we’re in the middle of moving to digital only finally, so for now I have to do the same work twice every shift for the half finished digital infra.
It’s a manufacturing plant that’s survived since 1940’s and those who’d be resistant to change are mostly all retired or dead now.
I recently installed a brand new e-signature system at our company, which HR doesn’t use. They want me to print it out, sign it, and fax it back. This was last week. Like… WTF. I said no and just e-signed it.