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RE: Big bucks in tech writing - are you getting paid?
Subject:RE: Big bucks in tech writing - are you getting paid? From:"Roy, Gary" <RoyG -at- hydroaire -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 23 Oct 2002 09:03:55 -0700
>I left tech writing because of the frighteningly low writer to Mercedes ratio. I
>know my priorities: CL55 AMG. And maybe someday when the moon cracks in two and
>the universe reverses its polarity - I'll get one.
Question: How many technical writers work on a fixed salary basis (professional exemption [no overtime compensation]) vs. being paid overtime for the hours contributed to a program (non-exempt [overtime compensation]) that exceed the standard work week?
Gary
PS. The new E500 is far more practical than the CL55.
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