Showing posts with label Overworked. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Overworked. Show all posts

Monday, May 7, 2018

You are PUSHING my employees' JOBS off onto them!

"What I don't understand is why you're pushing off the work of copy editing onto (Copywriter).  You're probably feeling at a disadvantage because she's a valued employee and you're just a contractor, but you're the only native English speaker and you have the expertise.
You are RACIST to tell (Copywriter) that her text is full of grammar and stylistic errors but then not fix it.

 It's just a little over 100 pages of text; you can absolutely have that done this weekend. I don't give a shit if you have kids at home, and don't even think about trying to bill the work! DO THE RIGHT THING! I don't want to ask you again! "

- Senior Executive to busy contract Project Manager (who understandably  was reluctant to sign off on releasing a webpage full of poorly-written copy, to represent an F100 company.