Also, now I am curious what you are editing.
Come on out, River. The nice man wants to kidnap you.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
msbelle - Apr 25, 2013 12:53:09 pm PDT #20532 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
-t - Apr 25, 2013 12:57:29 pm PDT #20533 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Good lord, Trudy, so much ~ma.
Jesse - Apr 25, 2013 1:22:15 pm PDT #20534 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Man, Trudy -- good luck to all of you.
Consuela - Apr 25, 2013 1:25:46 pm PDT #20535 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Amy, that's kind of awful. And I am forced to ask, like msbelle, did you know about it when you took the job? (Boss who did time for rape, ack!)
And Trudy, I'm so sorry--how hard that must be. Good luck to you and your family.
§ ita § - Apr 25, 2013 1:28:42 pm PDT #20536 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Truday, man--I hope everything resolves well and quickly!
I swear to god, I am getting so familiar with the undersides of the bus--and sometimes I can't even fight with why I got tossed under there--the guy pushing back on the workflow we agreed to months ago is annoying, but my boss telling the new director I'm really artistic, so something like, oh, redesigning the front page of the application for next week's executive presentation just landed in my lap...am I supposed to say I suck?
No, I guess I'll let the pudding do its own proving.
Shit, we now have a company discount at Staples. This can't end well...
Amy - Apr 25, 2013 1:32:02 pm PDT #20537 of 30001
Because books.
I'm editing meaningless SEO-loaded content based on the clients' history, work experience, hobbies. So for a urogynecologist, you get a set of four blog pieces about ... urogynecology, organ prolapse, incontinence, etc.
Then there are clients who are "ID protection," which means we're basically creating a false identity under their name to throw Googlers off the track of their negative items.
Like mug shots, arrest records, articles about the illegal waste dumping they've been doing for years.
When I started, I was supposed to be writing, and a lot of it was going to be pop culture or newsy things, as a contractor. Then I was offered the staff position for more money, and more security, since it's a 9-5 thing. And I had no idea then half of what we do.
I don't even get to edit any of the pop culture/newsy pieces anymore, because we have one girl doing only that, to make sure things are posted in a timely way.
Like I said, I have a job. But every once in a while, I wonder when we're going to get sued, or when we'll get fined for not following, like, standard regulations for workplaces.
A bunch of the writers -- again, contractors -- brought in snacks and cake for one their birthdays. AND beer and wine. And I said to my boss (who is 25, and would do his job high if he could), "Are we sure So-and-So is old enough to drink?" (Some of them are still in college in town.) And I swear to god he looked at me like, "Don't be the uncool old lady."
ETA: I did NOT know what the owner did when I took the job, no. He, of course, says he didn't do it. @@
Amy - Apr 25, 2013 1:35:04 pm PDT #20538 of 30001
Because books.
Oh god, Trudy, all kinds of ~ma to all of you. That's an awful situation.
-t - Apr 25, 2013 1:39:46 pm PDT #20539 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Wow, Amy. It's a stupid world where you have to feel grateful for that job.
Sheryl - Apr 25, 2013 1:42:14 pm PDT #20540 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
I'm sorry erika.
~ma to you and yours, Trudy.
Beverly - Apr 25, 2013 1:46:10 pm PDT #20541 of 30001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
All possible good wishes to you and yours, Trudy.
Amy, that's... Um. Isn't that false advertising? Bait and switch? Don't you have some legal recourse--what am I saying, of course you wouldn't. Well crap. Stealth job search, meanwhile? And I'm not surprised it's making you unhappy.