Retiring after 40 years of service.

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The payroll officer/office manager from our company retired today, after 40 years of continuous service. When she first started work, there were 500 employees; there are now only 50. When she first started work, everything was hand-written and calculated. Now, it's all done via computer. When she first started work, 2 security guards would walk around the company on pay-day and hand the employees an envelope. Inside the envelope was the employees cash wage. Now, all wages are deposited into a bank account, there is zero cash. When she first started work, there were only 3 telephones, and if there were messages to be passed on, she had to walk out onto the factory floor and find the person, and relay the message. Mobile phones have changed all that. When she first started, our company was a very well-known Australian manufacturer. Now, we are a tiny, tiny drop in a world-wide ocean of product; at risk of being closed down every time the dollar fluctuates a little. Have you seen changes in your work-place?