RE: On the fence

["Ehr, Meg" <Meg -dot- Ehr -at- smartworks -dot- com>]

Marguerite Krupp said:

>One thing I haven't seen mentioned yet is the fact that some companies pay
a small honorarium to authors whose primary job is not writing for
publication (usually that eliminates flak hacks and marketing folks, but not
tech writers).

Thanks for bringing this up, Marguerite -- it reminded me that my old
company did something like this (or my division did, at least). There was a
set bonus schedule for certain academic and professional achievements:
earning a degree, publishing an article, presenting at a conference, etc.
The amounts weren't huge, but they did signify that the company valued these
accomplishments -- most of these activities weren't *required* for
professional advancement in that division.

Meg Ehr

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