Re: employment law, overtime

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

I wouldn't say I'm particularly "worried" about it,
at least not for myself.  Nobody who has that
view of technical writers is going to even want
to talk to me once they hear what they'd have
to pay me for my time.  But from the other
messages in this discussion there are at least
one or two people who have had the "tech writer
as nonexempt employee" experience.  They
might want to be aware of the employer attitude
that is the cloud around the silver lining of their
OT pay.

Gene Kim-Eng



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:29 AM
Subject: RE: employment law, overtime


> I'm not worried about STC, BLS, or any other TLA. I think that most
> employers who have previously hired a professional technical writer 
> can
> tell the difference. And if they can't, why would you want to work
> there?

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