Re: Interesting job description

[Gene Kim-Eng <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I have never worked in a company where the tech writers - at least the 
company's own direct-hire writers - were the first to be let go.

The pattern I've experienced has been that the first to go are 
contractors of all types, beginning with those whose contracts are 
running out. Next go the developers of products that have bombed and 
have no alternative work assignments. Next, as products in the 
development chutes the company still had hopes for are completed, 
released and fail, go the people tasked with supporting them, and that's 
when many of the tech writers go. The last to go are the developers who 
are working on the "next big thing" the company is hoping will save its 
bacon.

Along the way, internal politics will act to push out management and 
executives the company's inner core of power holders dislike, regardless 
of their positions or capabilities. And this management cleansing 
doesn't necessarily sync up with the shedding of individual contributors.

If you see a growing parade of your company's best and most effective 
managers going out the door, it's time to start looking even if there 
hasn't been a hint of problems at your level.

Gene Kim-Eng



On 10/8/2016 12:32 PM, Keith Hood wrote: