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I'm sorry but how does this not sound worse? "My job is to manage a team of employees who code." vs "my job is to manage a team of unpaid volunteers who code,
by thrdbndndn 5y ago
I'm sorry but how does this not sound worse?
"My job is to manage a team of employees who code." vs "my job is to manage a team of unpaid volunteers who code, while I earn a proper salary".
- ceejayoz 5y agoManaging volunteers is still real work - sometimes more so. It's hardly uncommon for non-profits to have paid staff managing volunteers.
- thrdbndndn 5y agoI'm not doubting it's real work; just that why other people in the same team have to volunteer (or being underpaid in case of the other two employees), while a single person is paid "properly"?
- ceejayoz 5y agoThe article answers this. > In November 2019, after successfully paying Henry a salary for over a year, we expanded our goal to also support three additional maintainers: Jùnliàng, Kai, and Nicolò. They started with one paid salary. Tried to expand that. Didn't get enough money to do so; now they're asking (fairly, IMO) for the community that treats them as critical infrastructure to pony up.