What I do is hardly Flash development...that's one small piece of the pie. :)
But you're right on the rest of it. If nothing else, I'm learning a lot here about coming up with creative ways to make things work against all odds at a very high level. Cheers On 4/18/07, Jason Rayles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I doubt that the management structure of your global company is going to change any time soon. If you are frustrated, then it sounds like you should find another gig, especially if want a raise but are unable to communicate to your boss what it is that you do. I find that it's easier to bump up my rate with new clients than to explain to old clients why they should be paying me more for the same work, anyway. I have no particular insight into the job market in your region, but I'd be surprised to hear of someone getting a 90K salary for flash development in Oklahoma. Jason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jordan Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 3:50 PM Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] OT: Salary Questions The main trouble I'm running into when trying to prove what I do here is that we have almost NO organization in our company and no clear path to any given team or individual. A good example is that anyone (salesperson, PR guy, creative director, client) can come to ANYONE in my department and request work. Then that person in my dept requests a project code from a person in Switzerland who has no contact with us whatsoever, and then that person is the 'owner' of the project and is responsible for seeing it through. If the graphic designer learns about a highly technical project from a client, he will technically own it, but I will of course run it. Since my boss does little to no due diligence into what the team is doing (he just expects everything to be done when it's supposed to be done) then he has no idea what is going on behind the scenes. He just sees that a project either gets done on time or it doesn't, and since I am the most technical, I am blamed for failures yet not rewarded for successes (the boss actually takes credit for successes after I sit down with him for hours and explain the architecture and selling points of any given system.) We have a serious management failure, lack of management all together, and so the people making the world go around will never be recognized for what we do. Until we leave. The only reason I'm here at this point is due to my significant investment in this company. It is dysfunctional from the top down, but there are some amazing ideas and some amazing people in this organization (global company). I've decided that I am going to follow through with the current project I'm driving, and if things do not change a great deal afterward, I will take another job and make things happen there. There is so much information that I could divulge in testament to the extreme dysfunctionality, but that would be neither wise nor effective use of my time. Hope this gives some insight into how much a corporate structure/lack of structure affects my/your compensation, confidence, earning ability, growth potential, etc. Cheers! _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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