Bad Fit?

["Maggie Secara" <maggiros -at- hotmail -dot- com>]

I have a question for those of you who hire and manage writers.  Have you 
ever brought someone on board (paperwork filed, and everything) then changed 
your mind in oh, say, the first 6 days, and let them go?  Do people do that?

Yes (violins up and under) I was told on Monday, after a week on the job, 
that "it isn't working out" although no other details were forthcoming.  The 
nearest I got to reasons was something about "directness issues" whatever 
that means, and "issues of style" although, I hadn't written much yet and no 
one had remarked on my writing style. Oh yes, and "this is a very unique 
place, and they can usually tell in the first week if someone is going to 
work out or not."  How nice.

I got the news and a check for days worked from the HR manager, with 
charming apologies, but not a word from the lead writer and marketing 
manager who hired me.

As you can imagine, I'm a little stunned.  But hey, at least I got some 
Framemaker training out of it.

Any thoughts?

Maggie Secara
~taking up more than my share of space, again

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