Re: Ethics of Jumping To Another Contract Job

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

As far as writer #2 is concerned, you may just have to accept 
that he's going and offer your best wishes.  Regardless of how 
well he's fulfilled his part of the contract, if your budget has not 
expanded and his cost has because his opportunities have 
improved, you just can't afford him anymore.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "James Barrow" <vrfour -at- verizon -dot- net>

> This is the criteria that I used when I hired my last two tech writers.  The
> first writer had above-average experience with the tools of the trade
> (Framemaker, etc.) and came with some industry experience.  Her rate was 75%
> of the maximum.  The second tech writer, after only five minutes of the
> interview, asked the right questions, understood our project needs by
> expressing them to me in terms of what he could offer, and seemed to know
> where I was going before I could tell him.  He got the maximum.
> 
> If, at the end of their respective contracts, they have both performed
> better than expected, then I'm in a situation.  My budget allows for me to
> pay the first writer a little more, but I cannot give the second any more
> money, and there isn't any open slots in the head-count until October of 08.
> What do I offer the second writer if he isn't happy with this and hints at
> leaving?

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