How one indie studio is killing crunch and sharing profits...
Thanks to @cfidurak for pointing me to this article.
One of the tough things about being a mother in any industry is how to balance responsibilities of being the primary caregiving parent and giving full attention to a job/career. Ann-Marie Slaughter, formerly of the US State Department and now back at Princeton University, wrote a controversial article for The Atlantic magazine (I think it was the Atlantic) which gave her case of while she had it all, she felt she really didn't.
In this day and age, we need to rethink and rework what the work process is. I'm sure the hours of "9 to 5" were based on daylight hours during the 19th century or something. I've always tried to work different hours than that--usually earlier hours so that I could be home at a reasonable hour for my child. Additionally, I have found that there are very, VERY few things in this world that depend on work being done RIGHT NOW or needed to be done YESTERDAY. (Immediate emergency medical care is the only thing I can think of that is THAT urgent.) I applaud Lady Shotgun for their endevour, and hope that more and more people--not just moms, but dads too--start thinking in the terms that this outfit set up shop. If I could find a place like that which could use the skills that I can offer and paid decently, and had the flexible hours that are presented here, I would jump on that bandwagon in a heartbeat.
As technical communicators, this seems like it should be a viable work solution for so many of us. There are rare instances that documentation has to be out THAT quickly that someone's life is in jeopardy. Lady Shotgun should be a model for us going forward.
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