Saturday, February 04, 2006

This is for the birds...

I'm trying to develop my own pay plan. Now, I know that sounds like an easy task, but it's not.
I work for my Dad & have since I graduated from NSU in 2000. For the most part, everything has gone well & I really enjoy my current position. I am the BDC Manager and my department ROCKS!!!! We have done wonders for 2/3 service departments that we have taken on. So much so, that other dealers are considering outsourcing MY center to take on THEIR service departments!!! That is HUGE!!!
This is the problem: I feel as though I should be making more money. I work 7:30 to 6:30 Monday thru Friday and 8 to whenever...I usually leave sometime b/t 12 & 2. I eat a whole lot lunches sittin' at my desk!!! Not necessarily because I HAVE to, but if I don't stay and get the work done, who will??? My staff is really good, but they have their limits.
Lately I've been working like a damn dog on one of the largest projects that we have taken on, yet. This project is going to take up a ton of time, that I already have to squeeze a bunch of different tasks into. Ok, so now I want some more money!!

I talked to THE BOSS last night about this situation. THE BOSS that also ahppens to be my DAD. Okay, so I explained why I think I need a raise. He explained why he disagrees.
I say:

  • I work LONG, hard hours - I am often the FIRST person in the building and the LAST one out
  • My Call Center ROCKS!! We have done a great jobs & we have the numbers to prove it
  • My pay is a mediocre salary with miniscule monthly bonuses
  • There are Managers that do ont put in the time and effort that i do, don't work weekends, and would have a fuckin' coronary if they had to work after 5:00 p.m.

He says:

  • I am not working for "now", I'm working for the "future" --all of this will be mine someday which should ber more important that what I take home now
  • I didn't have any student loans to pay
  • My gas & mortgage are taken care of, so I don't need anymore money because I must be just blowing what I have
  • He agrees that my department ROCKS & that I do work LONG ass hours!!

Now, I must say that my Dad does a A LOT for me & I don't mean to sound ungrateful. But WHY should I be the lowest compensated Manager in the whole fuckin' operation??? That just does not make sense to me!! So, last night at the end of the conversation, he said that I can draw up a pay plan proposal and we will discuss it today (Saturday).

I'm having a problem making the plan because the output from my department is not CONCRETE. It doesn't show up anywhere on the financial statement. So it's hard to say "if we do so many of these things that I should receive this amount". I have to come up with something though, because this pay is for the birds!

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