Workload > Pay Ratio For An In-House Designer?

[Lee]

Okay, for those of you who have in-house designers presently, how do you work out what their annual salary should be?

Do you base it on a number of hours worked in a week or, do you base it on the amount of design work they will be doing?

I've been talking to a few different people over the last month or two who are looking for a full time design gig but im really at a loss as to what we should be offering them pay wise.

Your thoughts?

Regards,

Lee

[Scorpio]

Well there are a lot of factors to think about.
And it all depends if you prefer quality over quantity or vice versa.
I used to work for 2 companies:

- Company 1 was paying me pratically nothing compared to what i had to do for them, and i'm just not talking about design! I never really had a thank you.. so after a while, i just wasn't producing due to the lack of motivation.
Quantity here but quality was not really good.

- Company 2 is the best one i've worked for. Pays me really well. Gives me time to think about the design. No stress. So quantity is not really here but at least, i can take the time to create something nicer.

In my 6 years as a designer... i've come to meet the cheapest bastards on the web! So if you're one of them, i'm sorry for that designer LOL But if you're not, just talk with him/her and that's how you'll both come up with a fair amount of work/money.

Webmasters hiring a designer have to understand that they're not only paying for designs but also for the availability, the effort, the engagement...
My boss can call me anything if he has a problem, or ask me to make something on the spot.

Anyway just my 2 cents as a designer. There are other factors to take in consideration of course.

[IntenseCash.com]

Thanks Scorpio for the nice comments. It has been a pleasure to have you aboard. I really believe in keeping the employees happy. If you don't and they don't like their job it will definitely show in their work especially when doing design work. I currently pay however the designer wants to be paid whether it is per job, hourly etc. I don't know if that helps you Lee but thought I would put in my 2 cents.

Mark