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It's going to be very interesting to hear what her
former manager has to say about her performance
under the old company...
Gene Kim-Eng
----- Original Message -----
From: "Janice Gelb" <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>
> My own guess is that her previous working conditions
> were a 40-hour week with overtime paid, and her new
> conditions were not. And that the volume of her work
> might have also increased.
>
> Also, as for "a legacy tech writer with no existing
> connection to the new group," by and large, when Sun
> buys a company with an existing doc dept (and please
> remember the part where *I am not speaking for Sun
> officially*), that group is kept together and works
> on its traditional product line. If their manager
> remains with the company after the acquisition, then
> they are still usually managed by the same person, too.
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