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Subject:Re: Pressure For Free Overtime From:John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com>, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Date:Mon, 23 Oct 2006 09:37:22 -0700 (PDT)
I don't know that it means being strong...that gives the implication
that it requires withstanding pressure to do something else.
Unless the outright intention is to get work for free, the solution
is to come to an agreement on the process for addressing the
situation. That way everyone wins.
--- Richard Lewis <tech44writer -at- yahoo -dot- com> wrote:
> Thanks all for the on-line and off-line responses. Bottom line: be
> stong so as not to be snookered.
John Posada
Senior Technical Writer
"I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that you've never actually known what the question is."
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