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Subject:Re: Is everyone going to Dallas? From:"Bryant, Kate" <KBryant -at- ADMIN -dot- CLEMSONSC -dot- NCR -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 30 Mar 1993 15:43:00 PST
> I'd like to know whether companies look favorably upon temporary
>employees (I'd only be a 3- to 6-month employee or subcontractor) who
>take time off to go to the STC conference. Is there a way to soften the
>blow to the company ("Who the heck does this temp think she is to go
>away for 4 days to a conference when there is work to be done?!)
We just hired a contractor who stipulated that she would be out for several
days because she is going to Dallas. She may be working some on nights or
weekends if the deadlines get tight, but we would expect that anyway. Good
contractors are hard to find; I think you'll be okay if you present the
conference as an opportunity for professional development.
