My Resume

Wow .. I really haven't had to have one of these in a while.

Here she is.

please wake me up this must be a nightmare.

they told me to work more overtime to equal my raise.

no dollar figure - just work more.

**UPDATE
They're sending me home. They want me to go find those places (which I have already found) that will pay me what I'm worth - and see how it stacks up to my job here. No hard feelings. They've actually suggested I take all of next week off to job search.

God this is horrible. Not even a DOLLAR raise?! For all this time and effort?

I still love them like family - this is a difficult situation for all involved.

Can they afford me? Can I afford to stay here? Can I give this place up and the job that I love?

Should I stay or should I go?

What I Do For the Same Wage as Production Artists

* Indicates Any Services Rendered by All Other Artists

In House Services:

1) Lead Designer
2) Creative Direction/Assistance
3) Marketing Development/Implementation
4) Logo/Brand Design & Development
5) Retail Apparel Design
6) Production Art Design *
7) Ad Design
8) Photography / Photo Art Direction
9) Photo Retouch / Post Production Editing
10) Resources Management (Textures/Brushes/Swatches/Styles etc.)
11) Sublimation Output/Production
12) Web Design/Management (HTML/CSS/Javascript)
13) Web Application Design/Managment (Actionscript/Javascript/Server-Side Technology)
14) Web Graphics Application
15) Animation (Flash/After Affects)
16) Audio Editing
17) Video Editing
18) Multimedia Design/Implementation (DVD Architecture)
19) Public Relations
20) Technical Support (Network/Software/Hardware)
21) Awesome Stories


Software Proficiency:

Illustrator
Photoshop
Flash
Dreamweaver
InDesign
After Affects
Premier
Bridge
Final Cut Studio
Corel
Freehand
3DStudio Max

Meeting ...

i'm not really sure how that went. i was super strong and as prof. as i could be.

as i expected - nothing will be resolved immediately.

i told them to make an offer of what i asked for, or as close to it as possible by the end of the week.

their point is they are at the core a screenprint shop which is just now trying to grow into the ad agency realm - and its difficuly for their business to afford and budget in an asset such as myself because they don't reeeally need the big budget work every day all day - which is understandable.

however, they don't pay me per job - they pay for my skill set. so imho - if you want me - you have to pay me what i'm worth regardless.

i think i have outgrown this place ..

more on this later this week.

Meeting today

From my email:

"Aaron, Challen & Steve,
We need to discuss as a group what Aaron brought to my attention yesterday in regards to his compensation & overall position here at PDA. I will have an agenda for the meeting & will act as the mediator in the sense I will keep us on track and focused on what is best for the relationship between both parties going forward in the future.

Meeting will be at 3pm today in the SB Conference room."