Its also my experience that the reverse is true, small charities tend to be staffed by true believers who are working as hard as possible towards their goal.
> Its also my experience that the reverse is true, small charities tend to be staffed by true believers who are working as hard as possible towards their goal.
The volunteers are almost always the good souls in these places. It is the "professionals" that are the problem in my experience. All the way to the top.
I did some consulting for a separate branch of the same organisation.
They only had ~4 full time staff, people who had been promoted out of the volunteer pool. There was a small amount of nepotism, but everyone getting paid was absolutely crazy about the purpose of the organisation. And IIRC the salaries were very low.
Compare that to the branch I existed in, and it was chalk and cheese. Layers and layers of do nothing management drawing spectacular wages and finding ways to send themselves to fabulous parties and media events.
There was a component of the business focused on rehabilitation, and it operated for 3-4 years with only 6 or so staff. They would go on fantastic rehab holidays to demonstrate the benefit of their programs. Unfortunately for those first years they struggled to find volunteers for their rehab programs, so they were constantly sending their own staff on tours of europe or sailing adventures etc.
Its also my experience that the reverse is true, small charities tend to be staffed by true believers who are working as hard as possible towards their goal.