scrubbedexpat141

You're close, playing with numbers it is a 1.9% increase on average invoice if I recalculated all invoices.

The frustrating bit is that it's where I've been most successful, 38% of my invoices generated 56% of total revenue. It's an absolute gold mine and I see absolutely no reason to offer it up so easily.

Your edit is probably on the money. There's only two of us doing it and the other is more senior, holds the cards and has the final say. I seem to give a fair chunk more than I get. I stand to gain 1.9%, he will gain 19-20%.

weasel decentral

I doubt there is much you can do, so either you will have to accept it or silently seethe to yourself at work. Unless your contract has some clearly defined bonus scheme, which they are now in breach of.

Anyhow in this situation I would probably accept it and not let it affect my attitude, but at the same time be planning my exit.
You are probably well placed to get another job easily, and judging by the amount of calls I am getting now the market is rising.

Millhouse

Scamp - life lesson from Millhouse here. Say yes to them, and carry on doing as you were/ want to do -- fight the argument when it needs fighting, you are arguing about a theory now.

In every job I have done, I have pretty much worked around 30-50% of my time outside of my department/ department's strategy. There comes a time when they give up trying to stop this.

scrubbedexpat141

I think you're right mate. Just had another classic.

Me; they've just said they want to do something that I'm not sure they can.
Boss; just ignore it, say OK and answer the next question.
Someone else more senior: Err, Scamp, you need to re-think that, they can't just do it, why aren't you communicating with 'Boss'?

How to look like a **** in two easy steps.

weasel decentral

Does doing this affect how much they pay you though?

Millhouse

sometimes - I did miss a promotion once (got it the next year). But that is short-term stuff, you need to think long-term and over the long-term definitely not.

Bahtatboy

Or get rid of you.

Millhouse

only if you play a bad political game.

Bahtatboy

If you're playing substantially outside the dept's game, you need significant support at a level (or levels) about the dept. In my experience even that doesn't help often.

The Dean

I'm glad I'm not in your line of work - when I cannot even begin to understand a simple three-line conversation............

Anyway - there is always someone worse off than you - and at the moment, that's me. I have just had the biggest shafting of my career. That's 35 years......

soukie

Sounds about right - jump before you are pushed. Always have a plan B in this part of the world

Bahtatboy

Must've been a big shaft. Sorry to hear about that. Unfortunately, as I've witnessed at close hand, shit happens at all levels. Can you give us the bare bones?