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[beermonster]

hiya buddy - i feel your pain mate - i do. sadly, its a good reflection of quite a few places these days. they probably hired the designer chap so they had prepress and design in one man. who cares.

how about "selling" this to him (it sounds a little suck ass but you know the truth so play the game)

you are aware of the mistakes, and you believe in teamwork. you've had 3 wonderful ideas - firstly all proof reading is done against signed off approved copies - be that a print out of a pdf or a copy of whatever gets approved.

if that doesnt happen, ask how to proof read correctly - like "he" does - so you can "learn" from him......yeah right...and then sneak in the "what have we got to check against" question and see what happens. when he gets all antzy say you are uncomfortable proof reading against nothing, and say you are happy to work as a team if he will proof read your work - after all he is the manager.

and get a check list, with a bunch of tick boxes and do it on every job - you'll be surprised how many mistakes you find. make sure there's a "proof read against signed off copy" to tick....because if there isnt there needs to be..and as a manager its down to him. when it gets implemented, he'll take the credit - let him - you know the truth.

basically, what i'm saying is what has been said - try to get him more involved and therefore take more responsibility - and with a little luck he may hang himself with the rope you just gave him!

best of luck - and you might not need a new job - aim at his!!!!