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Re: Tech Writers as Hourly Employees?!

Subject: Re: Tech Writers as Hourly Employees?!
From: "Fred Ridder" <docudoc -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:18:27 -0400


Yeah, right. A 0.07% decrease in per capita real disposable personal
income for the entore country is incontrovertable proof that a tech
writer who is converted from salary to wages is winding up with less.
Try again. This is bull.

From: "Mike O." <obie1121 -at- yahoo -dot- com>
Subject: Re: Tech Writers as Hourly Employees?!
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:58:34 -0700 (PDT)


Eric L. Dunn wrote:
> Perhaps the employee might end up with less. If so, prove it. Until
> shown, it's paranoia.

Sigh... these days you can't be paranoid enough. OK, here's proof of
employees ending up with less, from an um, unimpeachable source:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/fsbr/income.html

Shows US personal household income falling overall (or flat, which is
also a decrease), regardless of anecdotes of individual people or
companies who buck the trend.

> Understand change and it's full impact before running around shouting
> the sky is falling.

The sky isn't falling, but it is slowly lowering on tech writers. Just
remember to jump out of the pot before it starts boiling :-)

Mike O.

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