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Re: Asking for opinions about this jobYou are being treated as a slave. Your situation is extremely atypicalI disagree. I see "Me Too" as overworked, but not a slave. Personally, I would rather be inundated than sit around twiddling my thumbs and waiting for the next RIF. Whenever I worked as a lone staff writer (which was most of the time), I would use a white board filled with all of my assigned projects. I would include deadlines (if possible) and whether the doc was in review, out to the printer, etc., plus the Project Manager's or Project Engineer's name. If someone came in with a new project, it would go to the bottom of the appropriate list. If the person bringing in the new project wanted it done in a hurry, I would simply provide him with a list of PMs in front of his/her project. "Unless they give me the okay to move you to the front, then I can get to your project on such-and-such a date." It usually worked. You'll always find the jerk who is obviously more important than anyone else in the company and will complain to everyone about the lousy support from the TWs, but every company has those. I would also contact one or two of the PMs to confirm they agreed to slip their projects just as a follow up to make sure I wasn't being scammed. However, if the person bringing you the new work is your boss....then I'd make an exception to all of the above. -- Al Geist, Geist Associates Technical Writing, Online Help, Marketing Collateral, Web Design, Award Winning Videos, Professional Photography Office: 802-658-3140 Cell: 505-400-4128 E-mail: al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com <mailto:al -dot- geist -at- geistassociates -dot- com> URL: www.geistassociates.com <http://www.geistassociates.com> (online portfolio/resume) See also: URL: www.geistimages.com <http://www.geistimages.com> (fine art prints for home or office and note cards for all occasions) "When the situation is absolutely hopeless, you have nothing to worry about." Compliments of The Monkey Wrench Gang ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Now Shipping -- WebWorks ePublisher Pro for Word! Easily create online Help. And online anything else. Redesigned interface with a new project-based workflow. Try it today! http://www.webworks.com/techwr-l Doc-To-Help 2005 now has RoboHelp Converter and HTML Source: Author content and configure Help in MS Word or any HTML editor. No proprietary editor! *August release. http://www.componentone.com/TECHWRL/DocToHelp2005 --- You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- infoinfocus -dot- com -dot- To unsubscribe send a blank email to techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40infoinfocus.com To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com Send administrative questions to lisa -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- Visit http://www.techwr-l.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info. References:
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