RE: Exploitation is a two-way street (was a bunch of other thread s)

["Victoria Nuttle" <vnuttle -at- cauto -dot- com>]

Would a tech writer do that?  Probably not.  Most tech writers seem to
be trying to make up for the damage to our reputations caused by "motel
boy" and his intellectual equals.  But I have seen various other folks
who NEEDED to be around to properly meet a deadline, such as management,
support staff, and quality assurance people split as soon as the clock
hit 5pm.

And in all honesty, at my current job, they really tend to take
advantage of people with work hours.  Every Friday, never fail, the
developers get advised of some problem at about 4pm.  Most of the time
they end up staying late, sometimes they even have to come in on the
weekends.  And because my company has a "40 hours minimum per week"
policy, these poor guys can't even take off an hour early one day the
next week after all the extra time they put it.

Victoria

-----Original Message-----
From: John Posada [mailto:JPosada -at- book -dot- com] 
Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2003 9:29 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: RE: Exploitation is a two-way street (was a bunch of other
thread s)



John...I appreciate how the answer should be.

However, unless you are god-like, I can't believe that it's 4:50pm, your
department has committed to getting something out that day, one person
is running a spellcheck, another is verifying that the correct graphics
are included, another is working out a last minute detail with the
project manager, the manager is making arrangements with the repro
department to stay late, everyone is working their butts off and
coordinating well with each other, and then you hear one of the team
members powering down their PC and getting ready to split because it's
5pm, saying sorry, I don't work more than 40 because I have different
priorities, that you it doesn't make you think $&#*&!$. 

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
Barnes&Noble.com
jposada -at- book -dot- com
NY: 212-414-6656
Dayton: 732-438-3372
"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I
dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" -----Robert Francis
Kennedy, 1968 presidential campaign



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