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> - You'll need to start managing people who are more than fellow
> writers, they
> are your employees, which always sounds better when you're not
> doing it. I have
> been managing writers for almost 7 years now. I have found that
> approximately 1
> in 20 people are competent, capable, responsible, and honest. 12
> of 20 are just
> slugs who will do the absolute bare minimum amount of work to get
> paid. And
> about 2 in 20 are liars, thieves, and con-artists who will rip
> you off, ruin
> your reputation, and then turn around and blame you for their
> inadequacies.
> People WILL take advantage of you if you let them. And with your
> name on the
> company, if one of your employees does bad work, it can make you
> look bad as
> well.
>
I've been a tech writer for 15 years now, and I've never come across any
group of writers who would match your statistics.
Why do you think your employees are such a rotten bunch?
Suzanne
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