ANON: CHAT: How times have changed (reply)

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        I'm glad you feel that we're not second class citizens.  But let me
tell you what just happened to me this morning.  We just hired a tech writer
to work with our software developers to produce functional specs.  Because I
was the one who brought this person's resume to my boss, I am being paid a
referral bonus.  Pretty cool... I thought.  In this company, bonuses are
paid only for software developers.

        I just brought my boss a resume of another tech writer.  This writer
comes highly recommended.  The position that this person is being considered
for will write end-user documentation.  When I gave my boss the resume, a
co-worker walked in.  My boss made a joke that I must be pounding the
streets looking for applicants.  My co-worker joked back that now that I've
found out how lucrative finding qualified applicants could be, I could turn
it into a part-time job.  We all laughed.

        My boss remarked (and here's the rub), that the reason I got the
bonus for the person we just hired was because this person would be working
directly with the software developers. Applicants for the end-user
documentation position would be JUST tech writers, and therefore not
eligible for bonus payments.  Tsk...tsk...I remarked back to my boss that a
good tech writer is just as valuable as a programmer.  My boss gave me a
rather puzzled looking indicating to me that he/she just didn't understand
what I was talking about.

        Don't get me wrong...I'm very appreciative for the cash incentive I
received.  It was that puzzled look that really got me.  It's like my boss
was telling me that tech writers aren't as good as software developers.
(sigh)





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