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>I am livid and haven't been able to focus since being humiliated
>yesterday.
>In our weekly developers mtg, it was announced by the company VP that
>effective next month, all developers will receive a standard raise of x
>amount across the board in order for our company to remain competitive.
>Sorry Richard, he said, this does not include you.
Yep....and how about this: the ENGINEERS get a bonus. The tech writer gets
nothing. It happens. This is one of the reasons we need to stick together
and push for professionalism in technical writing. So long as we're looked
upon as secretaries or clerks who "know good grammar", it will keep on
happening, too. We've got to be serious about professional education,
supporting our local STC chapters, and thus educating our non-writer
colleagues.
And, yes....get angry when the stuff falls out of the sky, Richard....it
will make your resume better.
Jane Bergen
janeb -at- iadfw -dot- net
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word
is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug" (Mark Twain)