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Technical Writer Reviews
What is it like working as a Technical Writer?
June 2017
Junior technical writer consultant Payscale.
Technical Writer in San Francisco:
Pros: The ability to apply my understanding of the software and writing a manual.
Cons: Time pressure.
March 2017
Office job.
Technical Writer in Torrance:
Pros: Regular hours, decent salary, overview of what the company is doing.
Cons: Reviewing.
February 2017
Wonderful place to raise a family.
Technical Writer in Dothan:
Pros: Small town feel in a mid-sized city. No interstates and reasonable traffic. Relatively low cost of living.
Cons: It is extremely difficult to find technical writing or writing jobs because there are so few of them. People start in the writing positions there are out of college and stay until retirement.
November 2016
Used to be the Perfect Job but Corporate Politics Ruined It.
Technical Writer:
Pros: Under the original owner, I was given a mandate to create the best knowledge base in the industry, with freedom to initiate the programs as I saw fit. I reported directly to the CEO, and worked with management and employees across departments throughout the company. I was able to use my creativity and hard work to significantly improve the knowledge base and keep it up to date. I loved the job; department heads, supervisors and employees loved what I did; and people were impressed with what I could accomplish.
Cons: When the company was purchased, middle management started getting nervous, and consolidated power and removed potential rivals to protect themselves. Upper management from the new parent company seemed to like my ideas and respond to my initiatives well. Considering I had only been with the company a few years, middle management did not like that, especially since many had been their from the founding of the company. Suddenly I found myself under a new middle management supervisor who set me up to fail (like telling me not to work on something, then writing me up for not working on it, and having someone with admin access alter chat logs so it said things I never said, etc.). Within 3 weeks I was fired and my new manager replaced with me with her best friend, took credit for my work, and got the promotion I was in line to get.
September 2016
Doing the best work for the best company ever.
Technical Writer:
Pros: Flexible work hours, friendly management, awesome colleagues, the MD feels like your colleague and nor your boss.
Cons: I am the only technical writer working on several projects and the work load can become too much during deadlines.
June 2016
Content creation, content management, manual creation.
Technical Writer:
Excellent communication skills, good listener, analyst and good technical background.
May 2016
Experienced professional with skills of content writing.
Technical Writer:
Pros: New updating of softwares used by writers.
Cons: Reviewing always the same issues.
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