Don't ask me to do a bad job

and i mean it.

more and more frequently at my current studio, i'm being asked to "do a bad job". not in so many words, mind you, but that's what i'm being asked.

"just slap it together."

"you don't have to spend very much time, just so something is on the screen."

"can you do this by tomorrow morning?"

this is what i actually get asked, usually with no input, or guidelines, or even the bare information i need to get the job done. however, i'm routinely asked to fit 20-30 hours of work into an afternoon- and quality, creativity, effectiveness, or communication are not criteria.

now, apart from all the professionalism issues, and doing a service to the client, what you're really asking me when you ask me to do a bad job, is to take a cut in my pay.

seriously.

i'm not likely to retire here at my current job, i'm not likely to be content to let my creative and technical skills stagnate, so when i do go for the next rung, when i go to the next job, i want it to be a better job. a more creative and fulfilling job. a better paying job. and i'm telling you right now, that doing a bad job will follow you, and that next job that you are looking for will go to the guy that did a good job.