MEASURING BY LIMITED IMPRESSIONS 
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SUMMARY OF INDIVIDUAL ESTIMATES 
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LOCATION 
DATE 
POSITION 
WAGE 
QUALITIES 
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Attendance 
Industry 
Intelligence 
Speed 
Initiative 
Tact 
Executive Ab. 
Orderliness 
Personal Habits 
Reliability 
1 
Total 
The next question to be considered is this: Who shall 
make these estimates ? In the first place, they should never 
be made by equals, because, no matter how honest an 
individual may be, it is practically impossible for him to 
express a fair opinion of a fellow worker who is a possible 
rival. The estimates of each employee should be made by 
at least two superiors. The employee’s immediate supe 
rior should always pass judgment because his interests 
are directly concerned and because he should have the 
most thorough knowledge of the workers under him. 
However, his opinions should be checked against those of 
some other superior who has at least an acquaintance with 
the employees being considered. In practice, there are 
usually several overseers or superintendents who are more 
or less directly concerned with the same group of workers. 
The very consciousness that one opinion is subject to 
check against another serves to create greater care on the