I won't ask someone to do something which I wouldn't be willing to do if I was in their position.
Exactly what I was going to say. Also, ideally a supervisor knows how to do all the subordinates' tasks, and can jump in and help when necessary... but sometimes you hire an expert to do an expert's job. A supervisor does not need to be able to type 120 wpm in order to supervise a transcriptionist who does.
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Date: 2006-01-10 09:41 pm (UTC)Exactly what I was going to say. Also, ideally a supervisor knows how to do all the subordinates' tasks, and can jump in and help when necessary... but sometimes you hire an expert to do an expert's job. A supervisor does not need to be able to type 120 wpm in order to supervise a transcriptionist who does.