Re: Answers to "Has Anyone Worked for a Large Law Firm?"

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

Robert Kennedy wrote:

> Tech writers do not produce billable hours and therefore are
> (typically) treated as creatures inhabiting the lower levels of the
> (human) food chain. 

<SNIP>

> This position, which lists few hard and fast specific reqs, paid 70k
> a year! AH! BUT, just read the last bullet! 

<SNIP>

> + Able to work evenings and weekends, when required.

If you want to be treated as a member of the team instead of a 
creature at the bottom of the food chain, you have to be willing to 
work with the team. I don't imagine the attorneys in the office are 
working only 8-5 M-F.

If there is a TW job out there paying $70K a year where you are not 
required to work nights or weekends occasionally, please let me 
know and I'll apply immediately. $70K would be a SUBSTANTIAL 
increase in pay for me...

Dana W. 

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