Hedgehog

Dimmed light at the end of the tunnel Pt II

There was always considerable downtime in the job. Then they hired another copywriter to work under me. I didn't need help. I didn't want another writer. The only reason to hire another writer is for creative diversity, but in this industry, it's not a highly-valued quality. The copy function in this company, unlike other agencies, is rock bottom on the list of priorities.

In fact, our department was scheduled for annual reviews and the copywriters were scheduled last. They were running late and the other writer and I were dutifully waiting outside the conference room where the reviews were being conducted.

My supervisor came out told me our reviews would have to be rescheduled. It was "Accounting's scheduled time."

WTF???? So what? Why is accounting more important than our scheduled time?

And this only one occurrence of how trivial this area is. The creative services manager actually suggested, when we didn't have a vendor to print T-shirts for a particular promotion, that the "copywriters can iron on decals."

Jeesh. I'm published. I wrote for a governor's campaign.

And I don't own an iron.

posted by Isabelle Mauvaise @ 11:18 AM