How do we measure wages as designers?

In fact, this title does not have to answer, because the wages are not enough, and our price rise too fast and wages have been too slow has been an irreconcilable contradiction. But I want to talk about this thing, is mainly found that the vast number of design colleagues are always in a state of mind is full, but the material state is very dry, so often in the gossip heard someone said: "If there is a higher salary, I will run immediately." The main reason is that the level of wages is not enough to meet their needs. So is wages, as the most direct reward for our labor, the only yardstick for testing loyalty or evaluating cohesion? If there is a company that can give you a higher salary, will the company be a good company? And how exactly should we pursue wages or "higher than wages" in our career path?

I have heard more than once of the so-called corporate consultants, in a lecture by the Master of Corporate Management, that: "Companies retain talent, wages are not the most effective way, we do not recommend simply by virtue of a raise in the way to retain talent." "But the reality is that most of the bosses are listening to the opposite side of the coin, without considering a raise." What I'm saying is that a raise is the most direct way to keep people, because labor in exchange for compensation is the most basic law of capital market, and the so-called "more advanced" way, is nothing more than the brick home to tell capitalists how to Gao tactics-simply raise will not necessarily control the people, but not raise, absolutely control people. This point all job-hopping and be job-hopping friends have deep experience.

Now look at the designers themselves, how to measure their salary? I know that every time a designer meets, you have an interest in the half cover of the pipa. The topic is to know how much other designers are earning to assess the "design capability"-if unfortunately, there is a guy who is generally recognized as a normal, But with better wages, he will soon be a target. Although it is human nature, but you also have to clearly realize that in this lack of a fair society in the design capacity and the direct relationship between the full meal is not big, others have the core competitiveness may be you can not reach.

Single from the designers how to face up to their own wages, and others have pulled out the gap-I guess we are more interested in, if the current salary is not high, how can I keep quiet mentality gradually pay higher? I can say these immature suggestions:

1. Ladder Value Added

How much is your current month? 3000?5000?10000? For your life, this may relate to your daily diet, the dog food brand you can buy for your pet, the gift you can buy for your girlfriend ... But that's not the most important thing. Salary is a dynamic adjustment according to your professional status, generally any company and enterprise will develop a basic salary standard, such as your career years, post important degree, comprehensive ability Evaluation, KPI evaluation and so on. Because the company needs to give employees a continuous hope, this hope to ensure the stability and development of the team. You should be good at using this and calculate a wage ladder equation.

For example: You are a medium-sized Enterprise Design department personnel, entry salary 4000 yuan (before tax) monthly, the company also strict requirements you do not allow to disclose their salary amount, but you can also be calculated, first of all, your company's profitability (if the listed companies are easier to calculate points) and product shipments, cycle, The production cost tells you the company's cash flow; second, the size of the market, the size, the enthusiasm of people told you the company's bad debt situation and the remittance cycle; then, the staffing of each department (in general, a company with a smaller management position is 0.7–1.4 times the average employee's salary setting for middle-level managers, Executives at 3-5 Times, except for inaccurate dividends and stocks, only bonuses are floating more visibly, the situation tells you the Department's budget and the company's average budget. Finally, you can probably estimate that you have been in this position after 2 years of salary floating may be 30%, if there is hope to enter the management, the value of the ladder will be how much.

I have found a strange phenomenon that many designers never consider, calculate, measure these objective indicators, and attempt to improve their ability through their own design, to the level of business impact on human resources and management of the favor, the initiative to raise wages. The reality is, if you don't have an account in your heart, you'll never get the salary you're supposed to have. What you often hear is: 1. You have not yet proven your value to the company; 2. The company is still more difficult, but we will consider your request; 3. In fact, your current salary is not low, there are a lot of lower-value people waiting to come in to work. What I want to tell you is that there is nothing wrong with upgrading your skills and level, but it's best to know the surroundings and people clearly, and if your ladder value doesn't get the attention of the company, there must be other companies out there that will pay you.

2. Foresee your future

A good designer can foresee his future, or foresee his future career profitability, continue to become an expert in technology, or make a difference in management, or switch to a higher platform to exert wisdom. Complaining, not cooperating, procrastinating work will not bring you the cost of the work of diminishing, on the contrary will make you lose morale and competitiveness faster, I often listen to a lot of small White said: "The company gave so much wages, I only do so much wage work." "-no mistake, but most of the small white did not find the crisis, you may take up some of the cheap, perhaps more comfortable lazy, bring is not the increase in wages, this is the fundamental problem."

Healthy practice is to build their own future capital in the existing positions, if not enough accumulation and emboldened, how do you foresee the profit? I am not talking about riding a donkey to find a horse, because many enterprises even the donkey is not counted, you have to understand every day of work and accumulation, is for their own struggle for their own family, destiny, life efforts, If you want a higher salary, go for it according to the rules of the game. Your salary does not rise is not the company's fault, but you waste too much time, lost too many opportunities, ignore too many crises, we can to the team, the company has no confidence, but must not be able to their own industry no confidence.

I hate what designers say: "Take a step at a step", this irresponsible and evasive attitude, resulting in you are a drift of the goods, since you do not ask for their own, you have the right to envy those who are higher than your salary? How do you reach others ' level in envy? The idea of making money is not the same as the design idea, not to pay will certainly be rewarded, if your future situation is limited by the environment is not too optimistic, change an environment, if your future is in the hands of your leadership, and your leadership does not help you mean, you should change a leader, In fact, many friends just lack the courage to take one foot.

3. Short-term cash flow

The question of wages must also be understood in terms of numbers, the narrow sense of the salary is the monthly to your card of those numbers, you can convert into the use of cash, but the end of cash will be spent, the broad sense of "wages" in my opinion, is you on the current platform to generate all the value of the return. This includes your performance bonus, five risks a gold, the department funds and so on money part, also has an efficient platform, the goal clear team, may save your time, in order to accelerate your career path development, a stable, pleasant work environment, may let you feel comfortable, reduces the occupational disease the morbidity, Or in project cooperation, there are more opportunities for communication, insight into the external environment, networking, for future career development storage resources.

Short-term cash flow is tempting, most headhunting in the negotiations will clearly tell you the increase in basic wages, but will subtly hide some work time, overtime, holiday travel and so on, about the designer's career growth, I suggest the value of return priority is: time > Sense of achievement > Peripheral Benefits > Salary amount. There are many companies short-term high pay to dig horns, generally dry for half a year, the project is dissolved, if this affects your life state, then or do not accept this temptation for good.

Some just out of the school's small white, willing to do not pay to some enterprises internship, learning, I feel bad, went to another extreme. Labor must be paid, you do not cash just show your weakness and worry about the future, the company can not feel your loyalty, job opportunities will not be left to you. You might be able to say: "I can pay less than others, and if I do well, I want bonuses to be higher than others." "In addition, on social security issues, it is recommended that every 2-3 months, their own login to the relevant functional agencies site inspection once, some companies are not consciously, not only by cash flow to confuse."

4. A keen sense of professionalism

If you have worked for 2-3 years, you may have some professional feelings, including how to get along with your boss, how to get along with your co-workers, how to solve conflicts, and how to plan your career. What I'm saying is that these tips will help you get a raise on the side, and a keen sense of professionalism is: how to figure out the essentials and possibilities of a raise, and create a chance for a raise. Do not do performance is not good, too performance is not good, the fastest pay increase in the way there are three kinds: 1, job-hopping 2. Outstanding contribution 3. Promotion.

The first is the way most designers take, usually because they have been talking to the old club, not unwilling to raise wages, is always in tow, so at a chance you will sacrifice this killer. But there are two small risks to this approach, first, if the new owner and the old club is the same industry competition relationship, then there will be a little flaw in the professional ethics, naturally like Penguin Company to sue employees This kind of thing is very rare; Due to the strength of the wage adjustment, some people choose the new platform is not suitable.

The second is a bit difficult in the design department, because the value of design is difficult to measure in the Chinese market, unless your company has a certain brand influence, otherwise your product most attention will never be the design, if not directly for the company to make money, then you can think of ways to save money for the company, which is also a contribution, For example, a large communications enterprises in China, there are designers because of a better cost-saving advice, and be rewarded. But this kind of thing is usually periodic dry, want to pass it completely change your salary level, a little difficulty.

The third is the universal rule of the world, where higher jobs mean higher wages, even bonuses and windfall prizes. The designer must not become the pure manual labor, because our society lacks the care and the respect to the pure technical work type, holds the certain management duty, is the designer salary enhancement must pass through way. Although some companies have proposed two routes (biased management line, biased technical line) talent structure model, but the unspoken rule is the unspoken rules, from the behavior of the habit, the manager's salary is higher than the technical staff.

A keen sense of professional feeling is to understand their real situation, and choose different ways to get the greatest value returns, these returns are material, but also the spirit of better return to bring better professionalism, so work can go into a virtuous circle. Many designers do not feel enough professional, so they will appear their ability is not enough, but also want to get a high salary embarrassment.

5. Supplementary Grey Income

Finally, accept the gray income, is now you can neither job-hopping, and can not be promoted by the alternative solution, because everyone has to raise a house, support families, eat sick, but the leadership is limited, opportunities are limited. Usually, designers have gray income, from private projects, blogs, or other cooperation, no gray income of the designer may be too bad, no one to find, and the second is probably their salary enough to spend the don't want to be so tired.

Now that you've talked about this level, you should understand that designers are still a high-paying career, if you want to change the wages of the number, can neither rely on the company's mercy, nor rely on the industry to take off, can only rely on their own efforts and treatment of slow growth attitude. But while earning gray income, you should pay attention to the following points: 1. Do not affect the normal working hours, and the use of working hours dry Sihuo; 2. Private projects should not have a direct conflict of interest with the company's work; 3. The urgency of a private project should be in line with the company's work at any time. If you ignore these principles, it is possible that your grey income will bring some crisis to your salary, such as expulsion.

In addition, in earning wages at the same time, the appropriate learning to finance, investment, the establishment of a variety of industrial chain relationships, can also bring you a lot of value, money will be more quickly to generate money, just rely on simple wage accumulation is very hard.