OK, I admit, I am probably just discouraged.

In my last long-term job of 10 years, things reached a point where everyone said, "you know the topic better than we do" and I received little or no corrections. Or there was the typical product change with tons of corrections the day after the document got signed off... the usual.

I've been contracting in a different locality, and am stunned...

One person took my document, and accepted as is with the following exceptions. Deleted two sentences, added one sentence with a typo, and deleted some references but did not update the reference numbers in the text. They did NOT send the doc to me for review but DID send to their marketing dept. which ACCEPTED it AS IS. There is now a white paper out there with errors that would never have been there if it had been reviewed properly.

I'm now working (someplace) where I've generated over 30 documents (at their request) and NO one has any time to review them. So I was asked to do some documents for someone else - except they have no time to give me input either.

And then there is the inability for even top management to make any decisions.

I'm simply shaking my head. I need to and want to work. So how do I do it without pulling out hair? It is so easy to say, look for work elsewhere... I have... it is not to be found in my area... and moving is not an option...

I suppose somewhere out there, the review process is taken seriously, and people realize that we technical writers can only write as well as the information with which we are provided. Just not here...