Mediator/Negotiator... And Publisher/Editor 

(Male, Age 58) from Worcester, MA

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Current Job

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Job Title Mediator/Negotiator... And Publisher/Editor
Salary $100,000
Other Compensation None Set
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Company Size (not answered)
Location Worcester, MA
Years Experience 5 years

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Current job Q&A

Describe the type of organization you work for.
I am a Principle Partner of a professional firm providing alternative conflict resolution (“ADR”) services to the general public and corporate World through mediation and negotiation. We handle every form of conflict where the parties involved are willing to try to work their differences out wihtout reverting to costly, time-consuming, and many times disasterous legal action through the Courts – from helping people to resolve family issues (especialy divorce), to all forms of business conflict, including internally between management and labor, or between business partners, etc) and externally between businesses and vendors or customers – but that is a terribly short list of all the types of conflicts we help people resolve. In my publishing business, we serve both as a “vanity house” for private work, and solicit manuscripts from “others” to publish in various ways – in book form, on CD’s, and soon on DVD’s.

Describe your job role and responsibilities.
I do it ALL, with some secretarial help as needed, and help from partners as available or needed (or I help them, as needed).

Please list an additional benefits (beyond compensation) that you receive.
None.

Do you feel you are under/over or well/fairly compensated at your current position?
Vasly under-compensated… so far!

Does your job entail you working with others on a daily basis? Is this something you like/dislike about your job? Please explain.

Do you work collaboratively with supervisors/managers?
No

Do you work collaboratively with your co-workers?
No

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7am to 8am I begin my days well before 7AM by thoroughly reading our local newspaper, spending anywhere from half and hour to an hour reading the Internet news sources (my primary source of news, increasingly), and going through e-mail for several addresses. I did all of this, this morning as usual.
8am to 9am On the phone shortly after 8AM with Partner “T” in regard to a new daily/weekly web column we’ve been hired to write for the general public on the legal issues of “False, deceptive, and misleading advertising”, and what to do if they find themselves caught up in a scam. Next phone call shortly afterward was to discuss with an outside consultant preparation needs for a meeting next week with a local Town official in regard to the Town’s desire to set up a test project wind turbine to augment the Town’s municipal electricty generation facility (this is an aspect of a NEW job I’m doing… consulting on “green” (alternative energy generating) projects. Spent the balance of the hour and into the next doing some personal correspondence on the ‘net via IM with two friends.
9am to 10am Went out for breakfast and coffee, and to meet with a local business owner to try to take care of a bill that was inaccurately rendered. Partially resolved the billing error – the balance of the discussion left to our further meeting/discussion this afternoon. On returning, I made and had more coffee, read more incoming e-mail, and began composing (in my head) a number of business-related reply e-mails on various topics. Began scanning Craig’s List (“CL”) for possible clients who might seek publishing/editing assistance (a daily activity). Found the CL listing for THIS survey, and began to investigate your web site.
10am to 11am COntinued to read about your organization on the ‘net… and decided to join your survey out of curiosity (and I drinka lot of coffee! lol!). Now I’m writing this log… which brings us up to date at this point… and am now going back to work.
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