RE: Outsourcing in Earnest

Subject: RE: Outsourcing in Earnest
From: "Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:40:15 -0500



>
> This is no sick joke. Any of us could end up in the position
> I am in, having survived a layoff and being left to pick up
> the pieces. Nothing was taken care of ahead of time, and now
> myself and two other writers have been given the task of
> setting up an offshore documentation department in India and
> making sure it works. This is our opportunity to keep our
> jobs. If we fail, it's our heads on the chopping block. That
> is why I am asking for help.

Think about where you are likely to receive the help you need.

>
> I am not any happier about the situation than the rest of
> you, but this sort of thing is going to become a fact of life
> for more and more writers. Don't blame me for the
> circumstances that produced this sort of thing. Blame
> corporate greed and indifference. I voted for Ralph Nader, so
> don't tell me about the evils of outsourcing. Thanks.
>

I only blame you for not seeing that you have asked the wrong people for
help in inflicting further injury upon technical writers and technical
editors in the US.


Bonnie Granat | www.GranatEdit.com
bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com
Cambridge, Massachusetts, US



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Re: Outsourcing in Earnest: From: Amico Italiano

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