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Subject:Re: pay per word From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 20 Jun 2001 18:59:42 -0700 (PDT)
Run away. Run very fast. Not good. Sweatshops work this way. There
must be a reason.
Seriously...what do you do when you are sitting waiting for input. Or
you get the input and it isn't clear. You are writing about an
unstable application, it crashes your machine and you loose 3 hours
work. There are 100 reasons why this won't work. (Anyone...please
don't try picking apart my reasons...they were the first to come into
my head and justifying any one of them doesn't change the fact that
it is a bad idea)
They are offering this arrangement because it is in their best
interest.
Can you tell how strongly I feel about this?
OK, if you insist...how about a dollar per word?
--- NCTechWriter <nctechwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> > Anybody have any idea what a good rate for pay per
> > word is?
> >
> > A friend has been offered some work with the pay in
> > this manner. She has 5 years experience and a
> > master's in technical communications...
=====
John Posada, Senior Technical Writer
"How to be happy in life: Never impose your beliefs
on anyone else and never fry bacon in the nude."
-- Anon mailto:john -at- tdandw -dot- com, 732-259-2874
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