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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 month ago (3 children)

My HR manager is also 60 and routinely publishes the company newsletter as a .docx.

Nothing is a given in this life.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

Also the new intern might not be able to do this either. There's a surprisingly narrow age range where this skill set is expected

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Yeah but the career politician part means that she hasn't had a job since McDonald's that didn't come with at least half a dozen underpaid assistants, so it's a fair assumption.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

and routinely publishes the company newsletter as a .docx.

This is good or bad?

Using an easily editable format seems good. Microsoft though

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

A) Why would a newsletter need to be editable?

B) The vast majority of our staff access the newsletter via their phones, and will not care to install an app just so they can read it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Just give them Windows phones, problem solved.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A) To make remarks and comments.

B) Ugh.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who’s making remarks on a company newsletter? Those guys don’t even use the feedback form we provide them.

Seriously though, does it piss you off when you buy a newspaper and can’t send them remarks and comments by writing on it?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

You actually can write on a newspaper