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From: M Page [mailto:mpage -at- csl -dot- co -dot- uk]
Wouldn't insurance and liability have been an issue for a
contracting
techwriter up a ladder with a can of paint?
I'm not just thinking about if you hurt yourself: What if you
accidentally
trashed the carpet? Or injured a co-worker by dropping the full can
of paint
on their head?
I would think that should be covered under the ubiquitous
"...and other duties as directed..."
in the job description. :-)
Way back when, working at McDonald's in college, I volunteered to work a
double shift on a 90-plus degree day. I worked the morning-lunch shift, and
then ended up in the attic helping install new insulation after a leak
repair. An attic in 90-degree heat in summer is *not* the best place to be.
I debated whether the double-time they were paying me was really worth it.
And, once when a department I was in was eliminated (I was full-time),
instead of cutting me loose, I was shifted over to the IS department for a
couple months to assist in the swap-out of over 500 laptops for the sales
force. I spent my days downloading files off the old and transferring them
to the new. Then, I got to help inventory the old laptops before they were
sent back to IBM, and figure out what peripherals, drives, memory, etc. were
missing. Not your typical tech writer functions.
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Carla Martinek
cmartinek *at* zebra *dot* com
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