Re: ANON: My replacement

[John Posada <john -at- TDANDW -dot- COM>]

Dear Anon...

Being a contractor, I've changed situations several times.  While it is noble
to be concerned about a situation that you are leaving, I don't worry about it
too much.

First, as much as we might like to think otherwise, the company will
survive...you aren't irreplaceable. You do your job well and they will do
theirs.

Second, the company will be much better positioned if you leave them prepared
for your replacement, whoever that may be. Instructions on where things are,
clean up the garbage files that you always have hanging around, cleanup any
directories, get things sorted out...you know, the things we're supposed to do
every day :-).

Third..you made a suggestion. They didn't like it. You tried. They accept the
consequences.

Fourth..Don't take this job personal, just professionally.



Anonymous wrote:

> Message forwarded on request. Please
> reply on list.
>
> ****************************
>
> I need some quick advice, and a search of the archives didn't turn up
> exactly what I needed, so here goes.
>
> For a few years, I have been working as a tech writer in a medium-sized
> software company.  We have two tech writers.  Just recently one of our tech
> writers took another position, and I was told that we were going to try one
> of our administrative assistants as a replacement, someone "who was...<snip>

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John Posada, Technical Writer
Bellcore, where Customer Satisfaction is our number one priority
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them.
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and he will sit in a boat and smoke cigars all day."
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