RE: IMPROVING WRITERS' EFFICIENCY

["Steve Arrants" <stephena -at- compbear -dot- com>]

And, if they're working in California, there is the marvelously arcane 
and confusing Wage Order to deal with that requires overtime pay for 
technical writers making under a certain dollar amount, further 
confused by the way California calculates what exactly constitutes 
overtime.  Increasing productivity by increasing hours may not pay off 
in the end.

> 
> This also might depend on work hour policies at Check Point Software
> Technologies (Anna's company). Let's say it takes 40 hours to 
complete a
> task, and the company mandates an 8-hour day. If the company then 
mandates a
> 10-hour day, some PHBs might consider that to be a 20% improvement in
> "efficiency" -- what used to require 5 paid employee days now 
requires only
> 4...
> 
> I *hope* that Check Point Software Technologies doesn't operate that 
way.
> 
> Dan Goldstein

steve arrants
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