Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone?

Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by foobiekr on Saturday July 31, 2021 @05:24PM (#28021679)

How do you find NPOs that aren’t ego-driven sweatshops? I’ve been pondering doing this for a few years but the reality of many nonprofits is that they are quite exploitative of their employees and volunteers. I’d happily do net and server admin for a low overhead background task but not for a ceo ego org.

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Re:Employee shortages: Where have all the workers gone? by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday July 31, 2021 @09:14PM (#28022892)

I've not encountered them.

If I'm not getting paid, I can vote with my feet.

If I take a job, and take money, then I am bound by Integrity and Personal Honor, to do all in my power to complete the contracted tasks; and to do so, well.

If I am working on a volunteer basis, then, if they become douches, I pack my bags and leave. I don't give a rat's ass about prestige and todger-measuring contests. I do the work, because I find it personally fulfilling. I don't act like a prima donna, but I also don't brook nonsense. They figure that out, fairly quickly.

But that hasn't happened. The sheer value of the Quality of the work I do -I am not exaggerating- is something most Fortune 500 companies don't get. I think that this gets past the egos.

I've found that I'm actually treated with Respect, and I don't have to arm-wrestle insecure managers for every damn thing.

Also, I have been working with NPOs for 40 years. It's only been the last 4, that it has been full-time.

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