Olivetti Representatives (Fluctuation 1965)

Topics: Current employment organized according to type and area of business; preferred company size; preferred work area: work in the office or outside the office; occupation before joining Olivetti and reason for change of job; number of applications; reasons for the decision to apply with Olivetti; impression of applicant selection; participation in training courses within the company and judgement on the courses; sales pressure felt; judgement on conditions within the company at Olivetti; ideas about working conditions before and after joining Olivetti; company points of view and personal concepts of the judgement on a salesman; occupational mobility in the course of employment with Olivetti; judgement on the atmosphere at work; preferred payment: commission or basic salary; reasons for leaving the company; financial improvement through change of place of work; judgement on current place of work and characterization of the business in comparison to Olivetti; attitude to return to Olivetti.

Demography: age (classified); school education; vocational training; professional position; social origins; regional origins. Interviewer rating: willingness of respondent to cooperate; difficulties in interview; number of contact attempts.