RE: off topic?? In the job market again - contracting...

["McLauchlan, Kevin" <Kevin -dot- McLauchlan -at- safenet-inc -dot- com>]

Um, mebbe not...

Just last week, Sandy sent me a notice (off-list) that the India branch
of my own company was looking to hire a writer.  I hadn't been aware (it
wasn't on the company intranet a couple of weeks earlier when I'd
browsed). 
What I _am_ aware of is: 
The company revolves around its hub in the USofA (I'm in the Canada
office, by the way), so many of the people in the India office work
evenings, or work very long days.
There's even a shuttle provided in case they are required back at the
office when they'd otherwise be in bed.  The main reason for this is
that most of the management happens on Eastern Standard Time. That
includes important meetings and conference calls.  Since being acquired
into this company, I've had exactly one late-night conference call.
Other than that one time, it's all been daytime (for me) meetings with
game-but-tired voices on the other end of the phone, talking to us in
the wee hours, their (India) time.

Meanwhile, they get paid lots less than we do. Granted, costs are
generally lower there. However...

My former boss, now a "Program Manager" for the company, is off to the
India offices for the fourth time. She loves the people, but was driven
to return home a few days early last time by the smog. This time, she'll
be hitting the monsoon season.  Woohoo    :-)

Be careful what you wish for.

 - Kevin (who has signed up for snow-plowing service again this year and
needs to get the driveway-marker stakes pounded into the ground before
the ground freezes)

> -----Original Message-----
>On Behalf Of Leonard C. Porrello
> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 11:53

> 
> I guess we should all plan on moving to India.
> 
> Leonard
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> On Behalf Of John Posada
> Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 9:04 AM
 
> Let's see if we can salvage this as an appropriate topic, however,
> it's not going to be pretty response.
> 
> > Living in an area where people ask what is "hi-tech", and working
for
> a company
> > that got its first computer ten years ago, I am thinking this might
be
> > the best forum to begin looking. (Monster revealed nothing within a
60
> > mile radius...)
> 
> If I wanted to be a farmer, I wouldn't think of living on 83rd St in
> NYC, if I wanted to be a movie director, I wouldn't live in Idaho, and
> if I wanted to be a oilman, I wouldn't live in Maine.
> 
> Doesn't being a technical writer come along with it the responsibility
> to go where the need is?

The information contained in this electronic mail transmission 
may be privileged and confidential, and therefore, protected 
from disclosure. If you have received this communication in 
error, please notify us immediately by replying to this 
message and deleting it from your computer without copying 
or disclosing it.


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

ComponentOne Doc-To-Help gives you everything you need to author and 
publish quality Help, Web, and print content. Perfect for technical 
authors, developers, and policy writers. Download a FREE trial.
http://www.componentone.com/DocToHelp/

True single source, conditional content, PDF export, modular help.
Help & Manual is the most powerful authoring tool for technical
documentation. Boost your productivity! http://www.helpandmanual.com

---
You are currently subscribed to TECHWR-L as archive -at- web -dot- techwr-l -dot- com -dot- 

To unsubscribe send a blank email to 
techwr-l-unsubscribe -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
or visit http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/options/techwr-l/archive%40web.techwr-l.com


To subscribe, send a blank email to techwr-l-join -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com

Send administrative questions to admin -at- techwr-l -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.techwr-l.com/ for more resources and info. 

Please move off-topic discussions to the Chat list, at:
http://lists.techwr-l.com/mailman/listinfo/techwr-l-chat