Do you know him? He's the 'On-Today-Off-Tomorrow' man
Anti-absenteeism poster: a worker in a striped jacket walks away from a plant door toward a bar, while a hand from the dark brushes a yellow stripe labelled 'ABSENTEEISM' down his back. The headline asks 'Do you know him?' and labels him 'the On-Today-Off-Tomorrow man'. It singles out the absent worker as a type for co-workers to recognise, a name-calling label with shame as the lever.
Propaganda techniques used in this poster
- Date
- 1941
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc. (artist Packer)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Poster
- Issuer type
- Corporation
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Mobilize or secure compliance
- Themes
- Home front, Labor
- Event
- World War II
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Record Group 44, World War II Posters, retrieved October 4, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Victory-Builders Division, Bressler Editorial Cartoons, Inc.. National Archives and Records Administration, RG 44, 44-PA-643 (NAID 514121).
Text on the object
Do You Know Him? HE'S THE 'ON-TODAY- OFF-TOMORROW' MAN ABSENTEEISM [illegible partial shop sign: OE'S ... rs] [signature:] Packer [imprint:] PRINTED IN U.S.A. [imprint:] Copyright, "VICTORY-BUILDERS" Division BRESSLER EDITORIAL CARTOONS, Inc. NEW YORK
