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Subject:Re: How Long to Keep Files of Completed Projects From:Julie Stickler <jstickler -at- gmail -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 3 May 2012 10:22:00 -0400
If you only keep tax returns for seven years, why would you keep draft
documents any longer?
I've worked at jobs for a couple of years and thrown everything out
when I left the job. So if they got sued after I left they'd only
have the archived versions on the server. Just because you're a
contractor doesn't hold you to any higher standard of holding onto
files.
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