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Bryan Westbrook wrote:
<<At my first job, the position had been posted as a senior writer, but I
was told that I was being hired in as a non-senior writer because I had no
experience at the time. After my second annual performance review I was
informed that they were removing "junior" from my title, and that was the
first time ever that I had even heard that it was there.>>
Argh... that kind of thing drives me batty. Obviously they felt you could
do the work, since they hired you; calling you a "junior" writer while
placing you in a position of responsibility was absurd.
Reminds me of the days when I was fresh out of grad school and I did nearly
all of the copywriting for a $10 million ad agency. The creative director
rubbed the "junior" label in my face whenever he wanted to try to take me
down a notch--for instance, "<sigh> I really think we're overcharging the
clients for your work; after all, you're only a JUNIOR copywriter." (They
kept charging the same hefty amount and paying me a pittance.)
I'd love to see companies base our job titles and wages on our capabilities
rather than how many "years of experience" we have.
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