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Subject:Re: Should I Say Something? From:Jan Stanley <janron -at- CONCENTRIC -dot- NET> Date:Mon, 17 May 1999 12:38:40 -0400
>What if they're forced to work at such a pace that this *is* the
best
>they can do?
That's something I'd very much want to know before I accepted a
job.
>...I would first discuss what I *liked* about the samples, then
mention
>that I had found some errors and
>possibly use that as a springboard for further discussion (do
you have
>editors, what kind of deadlines do you work under, etc.)
A fine description of the appropriate approach -- much better
than my hasty "_Do_ say something (gently and carefully, of
course)." Well said, Tracy.
