RE: Commute/Flex work options a Deal breaker?

["Sarah L Blake" <sarah -dot- blake -at- exony -dot- com>]

I quite agree.

 

Sadly, technology has not yet provided for the ability to remotely loom
over someone with a breadknife :-)

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Sarah Blake 
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exony 

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From: Collin Turner [mailto:straylightsghost -at- gmail -dot- com] 
Sent: 26 June 2008 15:19
To: Sarah L Blake
Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Re: Commute/Flex work options a Deal breaker?

 

Agreed. 

When a project is initiated and SMEs are assigned I "force" them to give
me all of their contact info...this includes home, cell, IM and such. Of
course, I only dig for this info if I work from home.

I do become relentless when it comes to gathering information...I think
it's a survival skill in this profession.

-Collin

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On Thu, Jun 26, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Sarah L Blake <sarah -dot- blake -at- exony -dot- com>
wrote:

>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

Of course, the problem with flexible working is that they may also be
working from home.

<glares at the empty chair normally occupied by the person she currently
needs information from>

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Sarah Blake
Technical Author

exony

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