The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-06-30
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House, lily Enlargiug
n Plant

:. !. ,,,sv atmosphere which seems 10
- H'o = - .rite Of the rush Of the system.
= y .sus,rrt Health Department is main.
- =, "a Is opcn TO an employees with,
! .s.,s, Great confidence Is felt thru.
"a (. i, house in the work Of this Depart
=. ,-,.r the features which make work
A. firm seem worth while to rany
~ ~ !, fa,s employees are the five years
20 sua y. pan and the Employees Savings and
! vheV =. sharing Plan These cooperative
'<re ~ .sr,- are never advertised and conse.
.xun ~ seldom heard OF outside the circle
ner q ssrx Roebuck employees. Under the
2 "a 1. Years Bonus Plan. each employc.
eahoIs 4. Ne ffth anniversary Of the date OF
nocr ,-rlcvmers receives a check for per
'ase y !. 4 his yearly salary and gold pin.
ne tn E-ns-r that he has completed his nth
Ssary 4. 4 service with the firm This check
: spr erased per cent yearly up 20 10 per
"a e 4, he end OF the tenth year. and re-
VA = - q. 10 per cent thereafter
rect <. yrployes' savings and Profit Shar.
y o'7xl ran Inaururated more recently. but In
UNA us interfering with the Bonus Plan.
'f01sx k..xr-d 10 encourage thrift as well as
. nae length Of service desirable. Each
ioai s.,s nav. upon completion % hts third
rsh the firm. make application 70
<l1 y ls,e this fund The employe on his
'I Il ssrses to deposit ) per cent OF his
'nuN ~ each month with the company. The
wr,ry IN turn contributes per cent og
~ ~ =, ssrninxs without deduction for div.
~ q a, raid stockholders which Is credited
fu>1R an to the accoun; OF each pafticipat.
N y s-p.oye according 10 the amount he
1ach q = s<pa.itsd during the preceding year.
~ ~ &pssl.or. after completing 10 years
rxe mar withdraw all money credited
- IN 10 account including the couipany's
1sef<>u rrnaticns which figured on a conserv-
ravelA rv estimate should amount 10 at least
rder y y n sysry one deposited By the cmploye
op<ne6 d<pos:tor who has not completed 10
ring 4 ~ Il service "a entitled TO withdraw
snlpoXhs iss amour, he has deposited plus s
noreJ rr, interest compounded scmtannu.
km9 n Az exception. however. Is made In
. a. Aw II the women employees who after
re e mr u service leave TO become married.
To- rakh case they are entitled to their
. - n eare IN the fund The plan also In
tten ~ ! clause which allows the full
lpn0t nnzt II swings and the company.s con-
reef )1etor y y 10 the estate in case OF the
re9e Nh q ne employee. Needless to say. the
~ 1gnk sapbyes are nearly all participant.
Dep1 IS b ~ fund. Many stories OF care
: dua ID smpoyey and other instances OF
oepea y sasse are already among the ,radt
n zs q the place and an unusual feeling
ns4 essfd<ncs In the sympathetic pster-
y Nm q me management Is the rule
~ wonderful growth OF this business
~ Dw easily Illustrated by the compare
kfxeen the $4,000 square feet Of floor
e ~ oceupied In 1910 with the floor area
e = use Of nearly II acres. and Il may
= b mentioned IN connection with the
sgnirx fact that outside warehouse room
aSzin been leased within the past
% Add to tsis the comparison be
- eight employees In 1910. and 1900
~. md one begins to feel that before
~ ysars have elapsed Sears. Roebuck
! y VII have a Seattle plant which will
~ 70 f1val It's great parent In Chicago.