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RE: Interesting Article... fewest jobs lost in Tech Writing
Subject:RE: Interesting Article... fewest jobs lost in Tech Writing From:"Dave Murray" <davemurray -at- attbi -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 7 May 2002 09:57:14 -0400
>Hmm. My company recently let go of 2 technical writers. Not a large number,
>either in absolute terms or as a percentage of overall employees. However,
>it was 66.67% of the writing team.
I had a similar experience. When I started with my previous employer, the
doc department had eight writers, a translator, and a manager. Through
layoffs and attrition, the department was reduced to 2 writers, then finally
eliminated altogether so that, "more resources could be spent on sales and
marketing."
I've talked with some who say this is a growing (and unfortunate) trend, and
others who say it depends largely on how the upper management views
documentation.
I'd like to believe the latter, but I'm curious to hear other perspectives
as well.
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