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Subject:Re: Anyone work 4-10 hour days? From:Christopher Carmichael <chrisc -at- SYNERGYMICRO -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 31 Oct 1997 14:31:11 -0800
>On Fri, 31 Oct 1997, The Tech Writer wrote:
>
> I'd like to approach management with the idea of allowing us to work four
> 10-hour days, if we choose to.
and then At 2:04 PM -0800 10.31.1997, barryk -at- MDHOST -dot- CSE -dot- TEK -dot- COM wrote:
>Our boss lets us all work 10-hour days, 6-days a week.
>
>We are allowed to work right through lunch.
>
>Saturdays are always a treat, because we can "dress down".
>
>Hope this brings a little sunshine into your world.
While I know the above comment from barryk -at- MDHOST -dot- CSE -dot- TEK -dot- COM was partially
in jest, if that's the case: move on. In San Diego's "Telecom Valley"
technical writers are in DIRE need. There's head-hunters at the local
burger and deli shops; e.mail hunters [even at this forum] who'll cold-call
you; and agencies who keep calling eight months after you began a job
search . . . .
Of course, this will change overnight if there is a hiccup on the economy.
Point being, in this area, there is enough 'work' in San Diego county to
give a tech writer leverage with his/her boss in working long hours.
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