Contracting

[Sylvia Burleigh <Sylvia -dot- Burleigh -at- ncmail -dot- net>]

Hello everyone,
I work contract positions ( technical writing, editing, help development 
) on a regular basis.  What I come across and wondered if this was the 
"norm", is certain people directly, as well as indirectly, have told me 
that they could do my job with "their hands tied behind their backs" and 
that the work I do brings "I bring no value ." 

Some managers, not all, claim they have "20 years experience editing."  
However, the department could not get a document pass public affairs and 
legal until I had sat with SME's, reorganized and reedited the material 
(over and over).  The document had passed within 2 days with no edits 
required from either department.

My question is why do they have me sit through an interview  with my 
portfolio,  just to tell  me this.  Sure the paragraph above proves I 
can do the job, but do I have to go through this period of "proving" 
myself each time.

Sorry if this sounds like a pity party.

Sylvia




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