Re: Has the industry gone insane?

[ct <straylightsghost -at- gmail -dot- com>]

I am a pretty good mediator, that's failed...or is failing. So now I
simply follow CYA and yes, looking for a new job.

It's just madness though. Being pulled out of an established Doc group
in a company and placed in a new group where the manager can attempt
to manage by intimidation? Wow. Even the Doc Manager is amazed. His
hands are tied though, his words..."Wow, you're screwed!"

-Collin

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Paul Kretschmer
<Paul -dot- Kretschmer -at- yardi -dot- com> wrote:
> 1.  Learn to meditate.
>
>  2.  Get a new job.
>
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> It's a trend I'm seeing more and more. "The return of
>  Micro-management" and "death-by-committee". The last two companies
>  I've contracted at have been overburdened by the syndromes. The tower
>  in which I currently toil is bad enough to extract me from the Doc
>  Writing department and place me under a manager who believes threats
>  are the best form of motivation.
>
>  I have no review process.
>  I have no style guides.
>  I have only 2-4 hours of XP meetings and a very tedious, slow-moving
>  "approval by 'track-changes' system" in which to get a document to the
>  good enough stage.
>
>  About to throw my hands up and become a monk.
>  Calligraphy by candlelight is better than this!
>
>  Suggestions?
>
>  -Collin
>  collinturner.com
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