RE: Tech Writers - Salaried or Hourly?

["Earl Cooley" <shiva -at- io -dot- com>]

Barbara Yanez wrote: 
> 
> My company is insisting that my assistant, a junior tech writer - 
> degreed but fresh out of college, is to be hourly and not salaried. 
> She does professional level work - albeit entry-level. This is strange. 
> I have never heard of this. I have never been hourly in any tech writing 
> job - even at the beginning of my tenure.
> 
> Those of you who are not contractors, are you salaried or hourly?

Hey, if that means she gets paid for overtime, that's a GOOD 
thing. If that means that she doesn't get health coverage benefits, 
that's a BAD thing. Being paid hourly doesn't need to be stigmatized. 

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