Re: <No subject given>

[William Swallow <WSWALLOW -at- COMMSOFT -dot- NET>]

Seeing as this post mainly target's my view, allow me to answer.

What would I have ANON do? Hmmm. And this is from the view that ANON was a
solid employee.

1) Confront the manager. If nothing comes of it...
2) Confront Manager's manager...
and if all else fails
3) Smile and with a wave of your hand say 'bye bye"

Oh sure, it's big talk. But I've been there, done that. And I haven't looked
back.

You see, we all have control over our situations. There's never a 'no way
out' scenario (aside from falling 200 feet to your death or the like). Sure,
you may not want to move. You may not want to go through the hassle of
finding a new job. You may fear the consequences of confronting your
management. But there are all roadblocks that you fashion for yourself. Home
is where the heart is. The hassle of finding a new job is a lot better than
day-in and day-out in a place you hate. Managers are people too, and some of
them actually like hearing about how their department is doing from the
inside.

Again, I can't stress it enough. You have control over your own situations.
DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Bill Swallow
Technical Writer
Aptis
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phone: 518.433.7698
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> -----Original Message-----
> Those of you who think blaming management in this case is mere
> scapegoating:
> what would you have ANON do? Hijack projects from other writers? Insist on
> more challenging projects from a manager who is obviously predisposed not
> to
> assign projects to anyone who hasn't completed that kind of project
> before?
> I'm appaled at several demonstrative posts on this thread which accuse
> writers of being irresponsible, whiney, or even children just because they
> are having trouble working through limitations imposed on them by their
> managers. I am a manager of a documentation department, and I shudder to
> think I would ever be perceived as being that irresponsive to my
> employees'
> careers. Yes, it is possible to manage a dept. successfully, get the job
> done, AND care about your writers' careers and lives.
>
> On the other hand, we don't have many objective facts about ANON's work
> over
> that first year. Maybe ANON was a bad proofer, in which case I couldn't
> blame ANON's manager for not assigning better projects or, much less,
> promoting ANON.
>

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