Plate’s filling up
I now have two major projects, one being the HR/compensation scheme, and the other as a planning/program design member on a SNS (means social network or community) project.
HR/Comp Scheme
VP and I hashed out a really rough structure today, deciding upon the main areas we wanted to focus on:-
- defining and assigning positions
- deciding pay scales based on jobs
- evaluation methodology for employees within those pay scales
- pay-for-performance structure and metrics
- incentive plan as a device to infuse a human adjustment element into the above rule-based systems
My company (let’s call it T-LAB) has its financial year from August to July, and the VP wants to implement the scheme for the new year. That gives me about 2-3 months to fix the system, and 1 month to set it up.
Project G
Huge industry leader wants to redo its website and add a community site and a recommendations site. We’ve got the job for this. It’s the biggest project we’ve ever had, fee-wise anyway, and everything is highly planned out and documented. I like this. It’s a ton of upfront work but it appeals to my desire for order. I’m currently assigned documentation creation for functions. I would have been assigned revision and edit work too, but that requires taking notes at client review meetings, and language-wise it just wasn’t feasible. Actually, I also hate that sort of work, so in this case I’m glad for this little handicap.
Things to do better:-
- When proposing something, like an HR system, it is not only necessary to know what’s good and bad about the proposed method, you must also remember that there are always alternatives. You must know these alternatives, and their own pros and cons – so the reason why you picked a certain method is because, in the balance, your way appears better than the other ways.
Things to keep in mind:-
- Do not be afraid of appearing more human, but always be fair and professional in your dealings with work colleagues.
- See the big picture. I think it was quite important that I find out who was running the other parts of Project G. That tells us where we stand, and also lets us understand why we didn’t get, and don’t want to do, those portions. In this instance, the other sections were very massive and strategic, and had been taken by the two biggest SI and design firms in Japan.
In random news:-
- I have now implemented the balance ball at work, and garnered significant interest. Perhaps T-LAB will become a balance-ball environment :)
- Went to an anime fair for work purposes. Gah, I’m an otaku. Bought KnM shitajiki.
- Chat with S-san on anime project. This one’s a personal, for the time being. T-LAB doesn’t start up a project unless there’s a sponsor and it can see the money. Will think about this in my spare time, but anyway I think it’s good for *ahem* personal growth too. In more ways than one.
