Re: ANON: My replacement

[WPAINE <WPAINE -at- LANIER -dot- COM>]

     Anon

     You are worried about your replacement and want to ensure that
     whomever it is can do the work. Understandable.

     Snip>>...but the main thing I am worried about is my replacement.  My
     boss has almost no doc experience and, although a nice person, doesn't
     really understand writers or writing.  He asked where I would suggest
     finding a replacement and I suggested using a headhunter to bring in a
     "real" tech writer, especially since there is someone with no
     experience to train and none of the managers have doc experience.  He
     turned this down flat, saying that the last tech writer they'd gotten
     through headhunters didn't work out at all. <<Snip

     IMHO I hear that you have made your recommendation and it was turned
     down "flat." At what point do you stop fighting battles for things
     that you are not involved with anymore?

     Your recommendation was a good one. It was rejected. You have an
     opprotunity to comment in your exit review about things that
     contributed to your leaving, not winning a point. You have chosen to
     change comapnies and your alligance has changed. You are no longer
     responsible to your old companies future. You are not part of the
     managment team anymore.

     Don't get me wrong! I recommended my replacement in my last company
     and have been a resource for her for months in areas that she is weak,
     so I understand and agree with the feelings that you have about
     wanting the continuity of good writing and quality. But the battle to
     get your manager to go the headhunting route is not really your
     battle.

     So, (again), IMHO cut your ties with the issue and begin putting
     effort into leaving your documents and procedures in the best order
     possible to make your replacment's life easier and begin looking
     forward to your new challanges in your new position.

     Bill Paine
     Sr. Technical Writer
     Lanier Worldwide
     Wpaine -at- lanier -dot- com

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