Re: Tech Writers as Hourly Employees?!

[eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com]

bounce-techwr-l-106467 -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com wrote on 05/20/2005 12:58:34 PM:
> Sigh... these days you can't be paranoid enough. OK, here's proof of
> employees ending up with less, from an um, unimpeachable source:
> http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/income.html

Rubbish Mike. Overall salaries tell us nothing of the specific situation. 
And if I read those charts right, except for some spikes the trend is 
always upwards.

As far as we know, the change from salaried to hourly being discussed is 
dollar for dollar and benefit for benefit identical with the only 
difference being a huge plus for the employee. Either getting paid more 
for extra hours or having their employer respect their personal time and 
telling them to shove off at 5pm. (Read Scott Adams OA5 policy)

The statistics may shown you need to be vigilant, but ridiculous advice 
like telling people to become clock watchers or work to rule union types, 
be passive aggressive, or to quit their job for no logical reason is 
uncalled for. How many of those statistics are more to do with the 
dot-bomb bust?

I got changed from 'professional' to 'technical' the two top level 
classifications for HR. The difference? I maintained overtime pay and the 
professionals lost it. I got a raise last year, the professionals didn't. 
When I travel outside office hours, I get paid professionals don't. The 
professionals go a promise of a bonus, no sign of it being paid.

Nothing else changed. Same salary, same benefits. Should I quit my job 
because I've been 'insulted' by being made a lowly technical grade? 
Hogwash.

Eric L. Dunn
Senior Technical Writer

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