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Subject:Re: Average Hours Worked From:eric -dot- dunn -at- ca -dot- transport -dot- bombardier -dot- com To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 2 Aug 2002 15:19:08 -0400
<<When you are hired as a salaried person, you're not being hired for 40 hours
of work. You're being hired to get a job done. And if that job takes you longer
than 40 hours, then you should start considering ways to reprioritize your work
such that you CAN get it done in 40 hours.>>
That's a load of Worthless Drivel. What job am I being hired to accomplish?
Whatever the boss decides needs done? A *CONTRACTOR* is hired to get a job done
if there is a deliverable. If there isn't one deliverable contractor and
salaried employee are hired to work at a reasonable pace, for the standard
number of hours per week, for a reasonable pay.
<<Just because you think its okay to spend 39.5 hours a week obsessing over
fonts, doesn't mean you earn the right to not do the other parts of your
job.
That may include letting go of some of your time-honored ways of working so you
can get the job done quicker. >>
Well, that confirms it. You're either Andrew Plato or someone who plays a very
good facsimile. Of course if a writer doesn't have enough time to finish any
work regardless of the load it *MUST* be because they're obsessing over fonts,
templates, or methodology. After all, all writers are worthless lazy slobs
looking for any excuse not to do REAL(tm) work or learn REAL(tm) technology. It
must be true. A certain self-proclaimed know-it-all has declared it thus.
Gee, why not stop trolling for response with pathetic trolls like the above?
Isn't this the same drivel that was repeated in each and every post before the
hiatus? If anybody has any complaint or problem it's because they're obsessing
over something worthless. Amazingly previously the list wasn't doing so bad and
was discussing employer/employee dynamics and trade-offs. Now we're arguing if
we aren't in fact indentured slaves.
<<A half-assembled radio is worthless. A fully-assembled radio that has a few
dents and dings has value.>>
All right then, to play this stupid, insipid, and banal game, let's consider the
following scenario:
1-You signed a contract to be a techwriter for 50,000/yr specifying 40h/wk with
occasional overtime
2-You arrive at work everyday on time
3-you take only 10 minutes break for lunch
4-you work 12 hours a day 7 days a week.
5-All you do every working second is type a continuous perfectly organised and
written stream of text at 50 words per minute.
6-The Boss asks for more.
Exactly when in the ridiculous scenario of "you were hired to do a job so get it
done" does it become too much and acceptable to complain?
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