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Re: "Sorry you're not the right fit" - After "all is fine" for 4 weeks
Subject:Re: "Sorry you're not the right fit" - After "all is fine" for 4 weeks From:Yannia Vodrovich <coralfire -at- rocketmail -dot- com> To:klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com Date:Sat, 22 Nov 2008 18:35:44 -0800 (PST)
Hi Keith=0A=0AWow that is an incredible story. And some, actually much of w=
hat you write was also true of this place. EVERYONE was overworked all the =
time. My immediate obss was frazzled ALL the time, flying around there, jum=
ping through hoops like a trained seal. He was never around, and when he wa=
s, someone was in his office. any meeting I was in with him, in face every =
meeting, he had to jump up and leave the mtg before it ended to go do somet=
hing else. It was unreal. =0A=0ALuckily there were, in my case, a few other=
places I could go, unlike in your case. Still, it goes to show how poorly =
managed both the companies were.=0A=0AThanks for your insights, though. I t=
hink you are right. Somehow I think somewhere along the line, someone wante=
d somebody else in that position, or just didn't want me there, or just did=
n't want a tech writer period for some reason. I can't see how it had to do=
with me. My standard of work was the same as anywhere, and what have you s=
hown in a month anyway? I was in many respects just getting started, reachi=
ng my "pick up" on the learning curve.=0A=0AThanks again.=0A=0AY=0A=0A=0A=
=0A________________________________=0A=0AFrom: Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>=
=0ATo: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com=0ASent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 6:47=
:56 PM=0ASubject: Re: "Sorry you're not the right fit" - After "all is fine=
" for 4 weeks=0A=0AYou are better off not being there. You'd wind up quitti=
ng under bad circumistances that would foul your future job search, or beco=
me a fear-driven android yourself. You're actually lucky in a way that you =
got the axe when you did. =0A=0AGood luck avoiding such places in the futur=
e.=0A=0AKeith Hood=0A=0A=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=
=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=0A=0A> F=
rom: Yannia Vodrovich <coralfire -at- rocketmail -dot- com>=0A> Subject: "Sorry you're=
not the right fit" - After "all is fine" for 4 weeks=0A> To: techwr-l -at- list=
s.techwr-l.com=0A> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 5:37 PM=0A> Well I ju=
st had the strangest experience I have ever had in=0A> the over 12 years I =
have been doing tech writing. <snip>=0A=0AYes, somewhat similar. In the lat=
e 80s, I got a job through a recruiting agency with one of the largest comp=
anies in town.=A0<snip>=0A=0A=0A
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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><DIV>Hi Keith</DIV>
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<DIV>Wow that is an incredible story. And some, actually much of what you write was also true of this place. EVERYONE was overworked all the time. My immediate obss was frazzled ALL the time, flying around there, jumping through hoops like a trained seal. He was never around, and when he was, someone was in his office. any meeting I was in with him, in face every meeting, he had to jump up and leave the mtg before it ended to go do something else. It was unreal. </DIV>
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<DIV>Luckily there were, in my case, a few other places I could go, unlike in your case. Still, it goes to show how poorly managed both the companies were.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks for your insights, though. I think you are right. Somehow I think somewhere along the line, someone wanted somebody else in that position, or just didn't want me there, or just didn't want a tech writer period for some reason. I can't see how it had to do with me. My standard of work was the same as anywhere, and what have you shown in a month anyway? I was in many respects just getting started, reaching my "pick up" on the learning curve.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks again.</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Saturday, November 22, 2008 6:47:56 PM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: "Sorry you're not the right fit" - After "all is fine" for 4 weeks<BR></FONT><BR>Yes, somewhat similar. In the late 80s, I got a job through a recruiting agency with one of the largest companies in town. <snip></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You are better off not being there. You'd wind up quitting under bad circumistances that would foul your future job search, or become a fear-driven android yourself. You're actually lucky in a way that you got the axe when you did. <BR><BR>Good luck avoiding such places in the future.<BR></DIV>
<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Keith Hood<BR><BR>=======================================<BR><BR>> From: Yannia Vodrovich <<A href="mailto:coralfire -at- rocketmail -dot- com" ymailto="mailto:coralfire -at- rocketmail -dot- com">coralfire -at- rocketmail -dot- com</A>><BR>> Subject: "Sorry you're not the right fit" - After "all is fine" for 4 weeks<BR>> To: <A href="mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" ymailto="mailto:techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com">techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com</A><BR>> Date: Saturday, November 22, 2008, 5:37 PM<BR>> Well I just had the strangest experience I have ever had in<BR>> the over 12 years I have been doing tech writing. <snip></DIV>
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