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Subject:RE: When to leave? From:David Brown <browndavidc -at- hotmail -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 1 Dec 2008 13:16:25 -0500
I've had both good and bad situations.
I've worked really hard setting up things for the benefit of the company while knowing that I was soon to be laid off and that the CEO and his staff were callously denying that they were preparing to lay me off.
I've worked where management were completely and openly up front and deeply concerned about my welfare.
What works for me is to always remember that I've got to live with what I do.
Like the French saying, "There is no pillow so soft as a clean conscience."
> Subject: RE: When to leave?> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 11:02:22 -0600> From: victoria -dot- wroblewski -at- eagletest -dot- com> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > -----Original Message-----> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 8:02 AM> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Subject: FWD: When to leave?> > >>>>> When do I leave, and when do I become a "stalker?" By staying longer, > will> I be earning brownie points, or will I make everyone even more> uncomfortable (post layoff stress syndrome)?> >>>>> > I was in this same place a year ago. They let go of pretty much the> entire engineering department, writers included. There were some> critical projects that still had some work to be done, so my original> termination date was a month later than most.> > I agree with others that have said that you should continue to work, but> not overwork yourself. Provide lists of where things are and how they> are done, and any project plans that may be helpful to those that are> left behind. And if they want a single thing out of you past Jan. 2,> they should be aware of your contracting rate and you should be aware of> how to bill them for your services (who approves, etc.).> > As hard as it can be to be singled out in layoff, it pays to be as> professional about it as you can. I lucked out, they turned it into a> month-by-month thing and I kept on until I found another full-time> position. With scaled back engineering, their documentation needs were> not going to be "full-time" for long and I wanted my future settled.> Since leaving, I've done some small projects for them on a contract> basis.> > One person made a bit of a huff and left a lot of things> unfinished/unexplained when it all happened. When the need arose for> someone outside the company to provide services in that area, they> didn't contact that person - they called on another previous employee> who was a SME in that area, and that other person is making the> contracting bucks. Food for thought.> > - V> > > > > **This transmission may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the information contained herein (including any reliance thereon) is STRICTLY PROHIBITED. If you received this transmission in error, please immediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you.**> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^> > ComponentOne Doc-To-Help 2009 is your all-in-one authoring and publishing > solution. Author in Doc-To-Help's XML-based editor, Microsoft Word or > HTML and publish to the Web, Help systems or printed manuals. > http://www.doctohelp.com> > Help & Manual 5: The complete help authoring tool for individual> authors and teams. Professional power, intuitive interface. Write> once, publish to 8 formats. Multi-user authoring and version control! http://www.helpandmanual.com/> > ---> You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as browndavidc -at- hotmail -dot- com -dot- > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to > techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/browndavidc%40hotmail.com> > > To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> > Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit> http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. > > Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:> http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat>
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