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Let me start off by saying hello! My names Don and I'm a 22 year old Web Designer at a health care company and have been for four years. I'm uncertain if this is the right place to post my questions and if so please point me in the right direction Let me fill you in on a little back story. . .
About three years ago my responsibilities shifted to that of an Application Developer. At first I did not question this change as I hoped a promotion would be in order, but i was sadly mistaken After the first year of working on an application my manager at the time decided to further her career somewhere else and this is where my struggles began. The company went through a little reconstruction and I was placed under a manager of "legacy applications development" that didn't have the slightest clue nor experience for the caliber of work that was being demanded by the business, but it took me a few seconds to figure this out. The projects I have been working on have since been ill managed to such a cluster that I fear there is no hope for their completion. I've tried to question my roll on these applications, that I'm just a web designer not a developer but I always get the same response "...you are already an assigned resource..." They have job positions that describe exactly what I am doing and they pay 25-50% more than my current salary but the company is in a "holding" position and they're saying that there isn't room in the budget for promotions. .. . . but they have money to give directors and VPs 15% bonus' after they lay off 200 ppl. . . . .
I guess im just ranting now but is there anything i can do? I fear if I try to push for a new position anymore or ask to be taken off of the projects i'm currently working on, i too will be laid off. i dont know what to do can they fire me for not completing tasks that reside outside of my job description?
thanks for any light any of you may shed on my dilemma and sorry for any incoherences, its late
Don
Let me start off by saying hello! My names Don and I'm a 22 year old Web Designer at a health care company and have been for four years. I'm uncertain if this is the right place to post my questions and if so please point me in the right direction Let me fill you in on a little back story. . .
About three years ago my responsibilities shifted to that of an Application Developer. At first I did not question this change as I hoped a promotion would be in order, but i was sadly mistaken After the first year of working on an application my manager at the time decided to further her career somewhere else and this is where my struggles began. The company went through a little reconstruction and I was placed under a manager of "legacy applications development" that didn't have the slightest clue nor experience for the caliber of work that was being demanded by the business, but it took me a few seconds to figure this out. The projects I have been working on have since been ill managed to such a cluster that I fear there is no hope for their completion. I've tried to question my roll on these applications, that I'm just a web designer not a developer but I always get the same response "...you are already an assigned resource..." They have job positions that describe exactly what I am doing and they pay 25-50% more than my current salary but the company is in a "holding" position and they're saying that there isn't room in the budget for promotions. .. . . but they have money to give directors and VPs 15% bonus' after they lay off 200 ppl. . . . .
I guess im just ranting now but is there anything i can do? I fear if I try to push for a new position anymore or ask to be taken off of the projects i'm currently working on, i too will be laid off. i dont know what to do can they fire me for not completing tasks that reside outside of my job description?
thanks for any light any of you may shed on my dilemma and sorry for any incoherences, its late
Don