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by blckspder 1 view

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Hey everyone I need some advice... I am the so called "webmaster/web programmer" for the company I work for.. I say so called because even though I know how to do things the proper way and I am more than qualified for the position all of our web pages are given to a graphic designer who has no clue about anything the web except how to make nice pictures for the website.

We have this old out dated site that I was asked to redesign and make it more user friendly with some new systems. Now mind you I wasn't asked to re-design the graphics, but rather the layout, nav menu and file structure.. so I did and my design was good.. well low and behold the "graphic designer" comes back with the web pages and none of the pages match the menu system I created.. she has pages for the website that I never had in the menu, and I think(well I know) cause she was meeting my boss to go over the website and they made changes with out me. So not only did I get nothing that was correct I had to wait 3 months to get it to.. Im at my ropes end, what should I do? I have seriously though of quitting and finding work else where.. I am seriously unhappy right now that my project I have been working on the past 5 months that should have been done 2 months ago is going to be set back another 2 months. well thanks for letting me vent at least.

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by luket

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by mjd420nova

THis sounds like the boss has other ideas about who is doing what on the web site. A meeting is called for and a liason with this graphic designer to get everyone on the same page. You need to work together to get over the miscommunication and implement a plan to eliminate any mix ups in the future.

by 1bn0

If it wasn't the boss then you might have bigger problems.
Did they have authority to request the changes? Did the request go through your "boss". Is your bosses approval needed to execute the changes.

My last job was at a privately held company. All of the directors thought they had authority to (direct) assign work to me. This was a constant battle. Even when I would tell them they needed to go through my boss first. They expected me to inform him of the request.

Usually because they knew he was not going to be happy about it.

You do need to talk to your boss, about who exactly is responsible for the site and who is responsible the graphics artist.

If you are responsible for the site but nont the designer , you need to make it clear that changes can not be inplemented without your involvment, or get someone else to take responsibilty for the web site.

by blckspder

assigned the change to me.. actually all of the managers here at my company got together and all of them agreed on it... Im gonna schedule a meeting with my manager for this week. Thanks for responding

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