He devoted an entire session to the French Railroad payroll program. The French Rail- road had gone on an economy program and reduced their number of employees from 540,000 to 360,000. So that was the size of the payroll that was run on the computer in Paris. That payroll must be the most difficult payroll in the world to run. The size of the payroll is only the tip of the iceberg. An engineer’s (i.e. a train driver) salary is a function of the amount of power that he uses. So if he is on an uphill run, he makes more money than on a downhill run.
The employees live in government housing and their rent is deducted from their pay. People with a lot of dependents get more money than people with a few dependents. A vet- eran gets more money for each medal that he won in the war. The amount of money depends on the medal. A Purple Heart is worth more than a Sharpshooters medal.
He devoted an entire session to the French Railroad payroll program. The French Rail- road had gone on an economy program and reduced their number of employees from 540,000 to 360,000. So that was the size of the payroll that was run on the computer in Paris. That payroll must be the most difficult payroll in the world to run. The size of the payroll is only the tip of the iceberg. An engineer’s (i.e. a train driver) salary is a function of the amount of power that he uses. So if he is on an uphill run, he makes more money than on a downhill run. The employees live in government housing and their rent is deducted from their pay. People with a lot of dependents get more money than people with a few dependents. A vet- eran gets more money for each medal that he won in the war. The amount of money depends on the medal. A Purple Heart is worth more than a Sharpshooters medal.