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Subject:Re: Typoz in Resumes From:"Susan W. Gallagher" <sgallagher -at- EXPERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 26 Feb 1997 10:29:23 -0800
At 05:13 AM 2/26/97 -500, Sanford Carr wrote:
>Scenario 2A: Group of four writers, each spending a bunch of their
>time peer editing. Replace one writer with an editor. Cost
>decreases.
>
Well, you'd think so. And because the writers each (supposedly)
spend more time writing, this sounds like a really good solution.
But in the real world, corporations look at head count as one
measure of the expense of doing business. An extra head just isn't
always in the budget, no matter how much money it would "save".
Susan W. Gallagher Manager, Technical Publications
sgallagher -at- expersoft -dot- com Expersoft Corporation, San Diego CA http://www.expersoft.com
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