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Subject:RE: Self-promo in dangerous times From:mlist -at- ca -dot- rainbow -dot- com To:richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com, techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com Date:Thu, 29 Jan 2004 09:45:08 -0500
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard G. Combs [mailto:richard -dot- combs -at- voyanttech -dot- com]
IOW, your org. chart is
> thrown away and
> all your local staff take their appointed place in the parent
> corp. org.
> chart. In this case, if the parent has a bunch of tech writers, they
> undoubtedly have a manager, and your box on the combined org.
> chart would be
> under that manager. In this scenario, that's the person whom
> you need to
> impress with your value.
There was already a good candidate, in the person of the Tech Pubs manager
of the first company that purchased us. And I did, indeed, suitably impress
her over the past five months. But guess what she announced two weeks ago...
yup, she departs today for greener pastures. <g>
