FWD: Cutting a contract short

[Beth Agnew]

Yes, that is true. There are realities of the contracting game that one 
must be aware of; it is often unfair. You will meet a lot of people who 
lack integrity and commitment, including employers, agencies, 
contractors, and fellow employees. I may have a lopsided philosophy, but 
I choose to be part of the solution rather than part of the problem. We 
don't make things better by acting as badly as the next fellow. 
Technical Communication is a profession built on relationships. I cannot 
see how leaving someone in the lurch contributes to the relationship. I 
see my job as technical writer to be one of solving problems for my 
employers, not creating additional problems. Maybe they don't always 
hold up their end of the bargain, but as long as I've done what I 
committed to do, I can sleep at night, and I keep getting more 
contracts. Even people who have been less than delightful to work for 
have come back and offered more work. That's when I get to turn them 
down because I'm on another contract. :-)

Marsha.Kamish at shell.com wrote:
> The employers (present company excepted) I've worked for don't hesitate to break my contract whenever it suits them - even if my supervisors beg them to keep me. Why should I honor their contract? There hasn't been integrity and commitment in business since I started working. Don't know about before that. 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> I would expect every contractor to be professional in 
> his/her dealings with me. To me, ending a contract before things are 
> done is not professional.
>
> Whatever happened to integrity and commitment in business? File this 
> under Ethics in Technical Communication.
> --Beth
>   
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Beth Agnew
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Professor, Technical Communication
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