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I was with PriceWaterhouse as a tech writer and editor for almost eight
years and we were salaried employees, as I currently am. I do not know of
any tech comms people who are. Did you try contacting STC for any
assistance?
David B. Dubin, PHR
Senior Curriculum Developer
Sage Software
727-579-1111 x 3356
david -dot- dubin -at- sage -dot- com
Your business in mind.
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Of Parcell, Michelle
Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 11:56 AM
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
Subject: Hourly vs. Salaried
All,
My company was recently acquired and we're going through the growing pains
of assimilating to their HR systems, among other things. My manager was
recently told by the new powers that be that we writers should be hourly
rather than salaried, which was a huge surprise to us (since we've always
been salaried). My manager thinks there may be legal reasons for this and
that the government may have defined what we do as being an hourly-type job
(to ensure we are paid OT). I was wondering if there were many of you who
were hourly or if anyone has had to "defend" being a salaried employee.
I did search the archives in multiple ways for this topic but always came up
with a blank page, so forgive me if this is a repeated question.
Thanks!
Michelle Parcell
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