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It is even worse. For companies without SME tracks, SMEs find themselves getting almost no raises or comp despite contributing to more and more revenue and/or i
by TuringNYC 7y ago
It is even worse. For companies without SME tracks, SMEs find themselves getting almost no raises or comp despite contributing to more and more revenue and/or important/complex work. Then you see stupid things happen, like they find need for and hire 2 or 3 people just so they can justify a 5% raise. Then they find need for and hire more people to justify another 10% raise.
Suddenly you have a company with many FTEs doing almost no meaningful work, existing just to justify tiny increases in the manager's comp. This is really an HR issue -- ultimately they set a set of rules and people play by those rules.
Forward thinking companies I've seen have SME IC tracks where you can grow comp by contributing to more and more influential projects w/o forcing a management track.
- ginko 7y agoWhat does SME, FTE and IC mean?
- rootusrootus 7y agoSubject Matter Expert, Full Time Equivalent, Individual Contributor Yeah, I have been a manager. Acronyms, acronyms, everywhere!
- NovemberWhiskey 7y agoGenerally: subject matter expert, full-time equivalent and individual contributor, respectively.
- agumonkey 7y agoSurface Mount Electronics, Field Transistor Effect, Integrated Circuit
- tmn 7y agoI'm at a company that does a good job of presenting a branching ic track that compensates at or above management. The issue is no one wants to become a team lead now. Worse work, more annoying responsibility, similar pay
- TuringNYC 7y agoSounds like a good policy. But i'm surprised by the outcome -- generally different people are attracted to different routes. Not everyone deserves to be a senior IC/SME.
- perl4ever 7y agoA creative way to handle that situation is...nepotism. Hire all the buddies of the essential individual contributor instead of giving them a raise or promoting them.