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> This is no sick joke. Any of us could end up in the position
> I am in, having survived a layoff and being left to pick up
> the pieces. Nothing was taken care of ahead of time, and now
> myself and two other writers have been given the task of
> setting up an offshore documentation department in India and
> making sure it works. This is our opportunity to keep our
> jobs. If we fail, it's our heads on the chopping block. That
> is why I am asking for help.
Think about where you are likely to receive the help you need.
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> I am not any happier about the situation than the rest of
> you, but this sort of thing is going to become a fact of life
> for more and more writers. Don't blame me for the
> circumstances that produced this sort of thing. Blame
> corporate greed and indifference. I voted for Ralph Nader, so
> don't tell me about the evils of outsourcing. Thanks.
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I only blame you for not seeing that you have asked the wrong people for
help in inflicting further injury upon technical writers and technical
editors in the US.
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bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US
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