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Subject:Re: Isolation and the technical communicator From:John Posada <posada -at- FAXSAV -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 9 Jun 1998 11:17:00 -0400
..... I always used to try to
help contractors feel "at home" until I was employed as one by the state
government. There were several of us, and we were literally watched and
reprimanded for our habits! (Yes, I know this was the citizen's tax
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.....a full time employee, so this made me miserable. It also changed my
attitude a bit towards contractors.
If I understand your meaning, why change your attitude towrd the
contractors...it was was the management that caused you the problem....why
not change your attitude towrd them?
John Posada, Technical Writer (and proud of the title)
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