Re: Commute/Flex work options a Deal breaker?

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

In most cases, not getting a prompt response to inquiries
is not an excuse for not getting the work done (we don't
give extra credit for "trying").  If someone a writer needs
something from doesn't respond to email or voicemail, 
the next step is to relentlessly hunt that person down and 
torment him/her until the anguished sound of someone 
crying "uncle, here's your information/review/whatever" 
is heard and you've added one more person to your list 
of people who run for cover at the sight of an approaching 
tech writer.  If this sort of tactic is regularly required in
your working environment, remote working is probably
not a very viable option.

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Keith Hood" <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>
> If it had been me, if it wasn't a high priority thing that had 
>to be done in a hurry, I would have sent a flagged email 
>with receipt request to prove I had tried, taken my cell 
>phone, and propped my feet up on the porch rail with a 
>tequila sunrise and a book. Isn't that what remote working 
>is all about? 
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