seconded. this company will follow its own destiny. find a place whose philosophy matches yours.
BTW, without a designer (or someone trained in design approaches) they will make the mistake of turning customer requests into non-viable products. I see a Homer-mobile in their future. http://www.yellowmobile.com/blog/homer-car.gif On Sat, Oct 4, 2008 at 6:35 PM, William Evans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Find a new job at a company that understands the value of design. Run from > this backwards place as fast as possible. > > will evans > emotive architect & > hedonic designer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 617.281.1281 > twitter: semanticwill > aim: semanticwill > gtalk: wkevans4 > skype: semanticwill > _________________________ > Sent via iPhone > > > > On Oct 4, 2008, at 12:29 AM, "Acuity Corp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, >> >> I work in-house as an interaction designer in a technical industry. I am >> a >> senior employee. The company has a massive customer base, and lack of >> design is their core problem. I am the interaction designer, and there >> is >> a visual designer I hire on contract. This year, I have laid out full >> design plans for next generation products to be made until 2010. >> >> I'm now told that they are *"changing their philosophy."* They want to >> work >> in a more "agile" fashion with all developers doing the design and working >> with customers. I don't believe that. I am sure they want to downsize >> by >> 1. They are targeting cost-savings with a designer versus a developer, as >> they are in a build-it phase and not a heavy design phase for at least 2 >> years. >> >> Get this. They have offered me a job as an entry level developer bug >> fixing an older product (which I also designed), not even for the new >> generation products. I last did software programming 8 years ago. >> Interaction designer to entry level developer. This is constructive >> dismissal (the legal term for the switcheroo). They want me to quit (well >> duh, but it took me a while to believe this since I wouldn't in a million >> years fire me or someone like me :)) >> >> I find this unreal because >> - product managers are fully planning to use my design plans for the >> forseeable future (2 years) , so their "philosophy change" is patently a >> lie >> - I never thought I'd have to argue that design is a specialized skillset >> to >> the company that desperately wanted these skills >> - I was consciously trading benefits of being an entrepreneur for the >> stability of in-house work (albeit with less pay) >> >> >> What am I looking for? >> >> - Advice from someone who has dealt with constructive dismissal or with >> such >> a situation. >> - Advice on how I might "proove" that interaction design and developer is >> not the same role if this ever gets to court. My employer may argued that >> interaction design is just the upfront part of coding so it is a realistic >> job change. >> >> thanks, >> Norman >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
