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RE: Staff retention: how to keep 'em down on the farm?
Subject:RE: Staff retention: how to keep 'em down on the farm? From:Mike Adams <Mike_Adams -at- summithq -dot- com> To:'TECHWR-L' <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Mon, 9 Oct 2000 11:14:31 -0400
Hi All,
Sufficient salary is necessary, but as Geoff said, if the place you're
working sucks, the money won't work. I love the company where I now work.
Most everyone is friendly and the atmosphere isn't too straight laced.
Enough work is a must, as well. I left my last job simply because I didn't
have enough to keep me satisfied. The money was fine, but man. Websurfing
eight hours per day sucks when it's all you have to do for weeks on end.
Cheers,
Mike.
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From: Hart, Geoff [mailto:Geoff-H -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA]
Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 10:11 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Staff retention: how to keep 'em down on the farm?
Ross Squire is <<... participating in a panel discussion on designing
effective strategies for retaining technical writing and training staff. I
am interested in your comments on improving staff retention or any effective
strategies that you have implemented.>>
Can't speak for the field as a whole, but I can tell you what keeps me in my
current job even though I could significantly increase my salary elsewhere:
My managers and my colleagues respect me both as a person and as a
professional, and by and large go out of their way to get out of my way and
let me do my work. They ask for and pay attention to my opinions on the work
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