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Re: Hi-Tech Company Hasn't Used Tech Writers in Years - Help!
Subject:Re: Hi-Tech Company Hasn't Used Tech Writers in Years - Help! From:"T. Word Smith" <techwordsmith -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 24 Oct 2003 07:19:17 -0700 (PDT)
All: Many companies, my current one for example which
prohibits this in the employee handbook, would not
appreciate such openness and honesty on a public list.
I strongly recommend using an anonymous (and free)
e-mail address, such as Yahoo or Hotmail.
In any event, I suggest to Ann that management has
their reasons for wanting something a certain way. For
example, they have been writing in their native
language since they were three, very probably they
consider themselves experts. Fin.
So, I further recommend you focus on what you can
control: your health. Permanent heart damage, other
health damage, and stress-related harm, is not really
something you can buy back or fix later. By the way,
do as I say ....
T.
--- Chris Gooch <chris -dot- gooch -at- lightworkdesign -dot- com>
wrote:
>
>
> Anne wrote about a situation where she is the only
> full time
> tech writer and engineers do the writing. She sees
> inefficiency
> in tool use and bad writing, and suspects she is
> seen as
> an end of the line formatter by managers who don't
> see the
> issues.
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