Re: Writers job description/definition

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

Running away is not going to help her.  She's been doing that
for months anyway.  

As for "no backing from management," her management 
allowed her to select the freelancer.  Her management 
put her in charge of the freelancer.  Her management 
suggested to her that it might be time to cut the freelancer 
and replace him with someone else.  Her management 
has totally empowered her with the authority to manage 
the contractor's deliverables and deadlines and make 
the decision to terminate him, and the only reason the 
situation still persists is that she has failed to say the 
magic words. "it's time to terminate this contractor and 
get a replacement." The only "backing" her management 
could provide that they haven't is to step in and fire the guy 
themselves, hire another writer and supervise both her and 
the replacement writer directly without giving her any more 
lead responsibilities. 

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ken Poshedly" <poshedly -at- bellsouth -dot- net>



> Basically, SB, you need to RUN AWAY, RUN FAR AWAY from this hell-hole.
> 
> You have the wrong person under your supervision -- of which you 
> really have none; you get no backing from management; you get no 
> cooperation from the "freelancer";  the work load is piling up higher 
> and higher; etc.
> 
> Having been in that sitution myself and refusing to cave in, all it 
> did to me was give me high blood pressure and SUPER stress -- neither 
> of which are acceptable and usually stay with you in one form or 
> another from there on out.
> 
> So RUN AWAY, GET THE HECK OUT!

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