From the Rolls-Royce experimental archive: a quarter of a million communications from Rolls-Royce, 1906 to 1960's. Documents from the Sir Henry Royce Memorial Foundation (SHRMF).
Letter to Mr. J.B. Dixon expressing reservations about his potential employment due to lack of experience.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 30\5\ Scan106 | |
| Date | 11th September 1935 | |
| Exptl. Dept. HS{Lord Ernest Hives - Chair}/RM.{William Robotham - Chief Engineer}10/KW. 11th September,1935. Mr. J.B.Dixon, Church View, Sedgfield, Stockton-on-Tees. Dear Sir, Replying to your letter of August 9th, during the probationary period here we can offer you 50/- per week. On further consideration I must say that I do not feel altogether happy about your coming to Rolls-Royce Ltd. In view of your age and the fact that you have never had any training as an automobile engineer, you are starting with a big handicap. This of course you may be able to overcome, but frankly I have misgivings as to the wisdom of your coming at this juncture. I am sending a copy of this letter to Lord Rothes, because I was less pessimistic when I spoke to him than I am now after thinking things over. If you decide that, in spite of what I have said, you still wish to come here, I should like to know whether you can start on September 30th. Yours faithfully, FOR ROLLS-ROYCE LIMITED. | ||