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The alternative is that the ukrainians don't get treated.

• ddoran 5y ago
  Or that translators are paid. But ideally a combination of paid and volunteers - just like most other roles in charity/relief work.
• acdha 5y ago
  Or that they pay someone a fair wage. Seriously, if you’re doing aid work right now when donations are pouring in, if you put up a donor pitch saying “we need to hire some Ukrainian translators to help aid go to the right place, can you add 5%?”, what are the odds that you don’t quickly end up with more money than you can find people to hire? The trap you’re falling into is that the CEO class doesn’t like to legitimize paying for work they don’t consider important. They’ll funnel millions to management consultants who range from useless to net-negative because that money goes to people similar to them, but they often don’t respect “menial” work for the same reason and view it as a cost to be minimized as ruthlessly as possible. I mention this because it’s not uncommon for IT people to see our current market demand and conclude that we’re in the first camp when most organizations’ senior management think the opposite.
  • jltsiren 5y ago
    Hiring a person properly takes time, especially when you are dealing with international situations, public funding, tax-exempt charitable organizations, employee rights, or other factors that make the task more difficult. And when the demand for the required skills has suddenly increased by orders of magnitude. If you need a translator next month, you hire a person. If you need them yesterday, your only option is looking for volunteers.