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Subject:Re: How not to attract staff! From:Mitch Berg <mberg -at- IS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 13 Feb 1997 14:44:22 -0600
geoff-h -at- MTL -dot- FERIC -dot- CA wrote:
>
> From a recent post to the list, in which Alias/Wavefront
> was seeking technical writers: <<Looking for a comfortable
> 9-5 workday, light work load, no stress? Look elsewhere.
> But if you want to create technical documentation you can
> be proud of, read on.>>
Read between the lines:
"Looking for a company that can plan its' projects to avoid needless
stress, or to allow a normalized workload? Look elsewhere. Want to be
the flea on the end of the tail of the dog, and work like a Roman galley
slave to meet artificial (bad planning-induced) deadlines under
workloads over which you have no control? Then insert this hook into
your mouth and keep reading..."
Paging Scott Adams - your agent is calling...
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