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Subject:RE: Exempt status for Tech Writers From:"Donald H White" <dwhite -at- jrtcllc -dot- com> To:"'Pro TechWriter'" <pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com>, <beelia -at- pacbell -dot- net> Date:Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:09:49 -0500
Okay, what's a "salary?" I haven't seen a job as an employee since the Burst
Bubble. Since, it's been strictly contract work for me.
Maybe I'm not (sniff!-sniff!-moan!-sigh!!!) any good at what I aspire to do.
Cheers,
Don White
James River Technical Communications LLC
dwhite -at- jrtcllc -dot- com
www.jrtcllc.com
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|From: Pro TechWriter [mailto:pro -dot- techwriter -at- gmail -dot- com]
|Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 4:04 PM
|To: beelia -at- pacbell -dot- net
|Cc: TechWriter
|Subject: Re: Exempt status for Tech Writers
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|I am accustomed to getting an hourly wage only as a
|contractor, and those are typically short-term positions. As
|an employee, I expect to be salaried, and would not want to be
|hourly, because I want the flexibility that being salaried provides. PT
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