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Employment is\n+not expected at the end of the program. Interns may be involved with\n+some client projects but won't be billable.\n+\n+**Benefits**: None\n+\n+**Salary Range**: $30,000 annual pro-rated for three months\n+\n+#### Junior\n+\n+The entry-level position. Typically we do not hire directly for this\n+position as it has been used as a transitional position from our\n+Internship program. Junior employees are expected to still be learning\n+but also should be able to take one some tasks themselves. All work at\n+this level should be reviewed and signed-off by all levels above.\n+\n+**Benefits**: Full\n+\n+**Salary Range**: TBD\n+\n+#### Mid-level\n+\n+This position we can hire directly for. It is expected that this\n+position should be able to handle roughly 80% of a Senior. All work\n+should be reviewed by Senior and/or Lead before acceptance. Mid-levels\n+that have the trust of the Senior/Lead shouldn't require as much or any\n+work review before acceptance. This can be seen as an indication that the\n+employee might be ready for advancement. (although not the only\n+criteria)\n+\n+**Benfits**: Full\n+\n+**Salary Range**: TBD\n+\n+#### Senior\n+\n+This position we can hire directly for. It is expected that this\n+position is a subject matter expert in a specific process/technology.\n+The criteria for what defines a subject matter expert will be defined by\n+each department.\n+\n+Senior employees don't require review of their work for acceptance, but\n+as a matter of policy all work should be seen by someone prior to\n+acceptance.\n+\n+Senior employees are expected to be playing the role of mentor to levels\n+below, guiding and influencing the other employees through work review,\n+pairing, or any other form of mentorship.\n+\n+**Benefits**: Full\n+\n+**Salary Range**: TBD\n+\n+#### Lead\n+\n+This position we can hire directly for. This position should hold a\n+subject matter expertise level of a Senior, however there could be\n+Senior employees with more subject matter expertise than the Lead on a\n+given project.\n+\n+The primary roles of a Lead:\n+\n+* Develop accurate estimations\n+* Ensure project is adhering to the DockYard process\n+* Lend insight to Discovery process (if not a design Lead)\n+* Direct client engagement during project (outside of Discovery)\n+* Report directly to Project Management or DockYard Management\n+\n+**Benefits**: Full\n+\n+**Salary Range**: TBD\n+\n+### Financial Incentives Bonuses\n+\n+I propose that the end of year $1,000 bonuses should be done away with.\n+In its place we have financial incentives that will be bonused out at\n+the end of the year or upon termination.\n+\n+#### Core Team Membership\n+\n+**Description**: Employee is a member of a core team of a process or\n+technology that we are actively using.\n+\n+**Amount**: TBD (pro-rated for length of membership in the given year\n+and/or tenure at DockYard for the given year)\n+\n+#### Present at local meetup\n+\n+**Description**: Employee presents on a topic relevant to the marketing/hiring goals of DockYard at a local meetup.\n+\n+**Requirements**: Employee must include a slide promoting DockYard.\n+\n+**Limit**: One per year\n+\n+**Amount**: TBD\n+\n+#### Present at Regional Conference\n+\n+**Description**: Employee presents on a topic relevant to the marketing/hiring goals of DockYard at a regional conference.\n+\n+**Requirements**: Employee must include a slide promoting DockYard.\n+\n+**Limit**: One per year\n+\n+**Amount**: TBD\n+\n+#### Present at National Conference\n+\n+**Description**: Employee presents on a topic relevant to the marketing/hiring goals of DockYard at a national conference.\n+\n+**Requirements**: Employee must include a slide promoting DockYard.\n+\n+**Limit**: One per year\n+\n+**Amount**: TBD\n+\n+#### Present at International Conference\n+\n+**Description**: Employee presents on a topic relevant to the marketing/hiring goals of DockYard at an international conference.\n+\n+**Requirements**: Employee must include a slide promoting DockYard.\n+\n+**Limit**: One per year\n+\n+**Amount**: TBD\n+\n+#### Writing a book\n+\n+**Description**: Employee has written a book on a topic relevant to the\n+marketing/hiring goals of DockYard.\n+\n+**Requirements**: Employee must including marketing tag for DockYard in\n+the book description.\n+\n+**Amount**: TBD\n+\n+#### Running a Meetup\n+\n+**Description**: Employee is the lead organizer for a successful meetup\n+that is relevant to the marketing/hiring goals of DockYard.\n+\n+**Amount**: TBD (pro-rated for length of membership in the given year\n+and/or tenure at DockYard for the given year)\n+\n+#### Generating a client lead that converts to a contract\n+\n+**Description**: If a lead from any effort by an employee (networking,\n+speaking, blog writing, etc...) converts to a contract.\n+\n+**Limit**: Phase 1 of the contract only.\n+\n+**Amount**: 10% up to a maximum of $10,000.\n+\n+# Drawbacks\n+\n+It might provide a method for people to figure out someone else's\n+salaries and/or end of year bonuses.","path":"accepted/0001-career-financial-incentives.md","position":176,"original_position":176,"commit_id":"32a9535edce20697ec1e0600842092241b3f5d22","original_commit_id":"32a9535edce20697ec1e0600842092241b3f5d22","user":{"login":"brzpegasus","id":1691398,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1691398?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus","html_url":"https://github.com/brzpegasus","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/brzpegasus/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"body":"I don't think knowing that a person received x amount for bonuses for speaking at a conference would be harmful, so being transparent about those financial incentives should be ok, in my opinion.\r\n\r\nFor actual salaries, I think if it's just a range, then it might be okay as well. 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