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Re: Interdepartmental Projects

Subject: Re: Interdepartmental Projects
From: Kat Nagel <mlists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com>
To: "Rick Bishop" <BishopR -at- jcdc -dot- jobcorps -dot- org>, "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 15:53:24 -0400

At 10:33 AM -0500 2003-09-10, Rick Bishop wrote:

NEVER do work for anyone else at the company behind your boss' back. Even if it is just an hour or so as a favor during your lundh breaks, your boss may object violently. (speaking from experience)


<nod, nod>
This can be a power/control issue, not a job description/time management issue, although sometimes it is hard to tell the difference in time to protect yourself. In a competitive corporate climate, it is very common for someone in one department to ask an employee in another department for a small favor AFTER they have already been turned down by the other department's manager.

You do NOT want to get stuck in the middle of this type of power struggle. In the battle between Manager Rock and Manager Hard Place, it doesn't matter who wins. You will still be finely ground mystery meat.


K@
Kat Nagel
NOTE: This is a very different scenario from the one where a technical writer (consultant or employee) notices an opportunity for evangelism and offers a small service to show how useful professional a writer/editor can be. It is different because (a) the locus of control is with the writer not the managers, and (b) the potential impact on the career of the writer is neutral-to-positive rather than neutral-to-seriously-negative.




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