Word: tektronix
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Dates: during 1977-1977
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...Tektronix Inc., an electronics firm in Oregon and the state's largest private employer, allows all its 15,900 workers to pick their own date of retirement, provided they are doing a satisfactory job. "We don't make generalized assumptions about age and its effect on productivity," says Susan Stone, director of communications. "We try to focus on the employee and his manager rather than set hard and fast rules. It's a pay-for-performance situation. We have people over 65 doing a heck of a job, no matter where we put them." Texas Refinery, a petroleum-products manufacturer...