Re: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...)

Subject: Re: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...)
From: Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- covad -dot- net>
To: Ava Cassidy <ava -dot- m -dot- cassidy -at- gmail -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 03 Jul 2007 13:40:36 -0700

Ava Cassidy wrote:
> In my company, our Engineering VP recently announced to our department
> (which includes about 35 people, including doc and QA), that if we are not
> working 55 hours a week, we are not doing our jobs. This came a few months
> after this same exec got rid of 75% of our writing staff, leaving only me.
>
> My direct manager, meanwhile, who has never been seen in the office later
> than 5:30, says, "Oh, disregard what the VP says; just work whatever you
> think is a normal week."

what color is your parachute?


cheers
Jay

(back in the hunt again)
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References:
Re: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...): From: Mary Arrotti
Re: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...): From: Ned Bedinger
RE: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...): From: Dan Goldstein
RE: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...): From: richard.melanson
Re: 40-hour weeks (was Re: FWD: Lack...): From: Ava Cassidy

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