RE: Are we missed?

["Maggie Secara" <maggiros2 -at- home -dot- com>]

>
> I'm pretty sure I'm not the only TW on this list who had a contract
> terminated, or who has been laid off, and has not been able to find
> follow-on work for months.
>
> I've been following the "step up, step down" thread regarding our value to
> our companies, and it caused me to wonder if we are missed. Does it make a
> difference that we are not cranking out the pubs? Is product shipping
> without documentation? What's the work environment like for those who were
> left behind/employed? Are we as critical to the process as we thought we
> were?
>

I have a feeling they're shipping with documentation written by poor benighted
engineers who would rather be doing anything else, or secretaries who pour specs
into RoboHelp and hope it will do.  And of course, quite a few companies that
employed us no longer exist.

Maggie Secara



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