If the person has an incredible amount of luck, the volunteers who have been
running the museum will stay engaged, relinquish day-to-day operational
control and willingly and cheerfully take direction from their new employee.
Or they will do this for at least two or three years.

Frankly, not so long ago, I started out at less. There was no pretense of
part-time work and I put in many 80 hour weeks.  I know at least one
energetic young director presently working full-time (and overtime) with few
if any benefits for a similar wage to that advertised.
Of course we would all like it if our work, which does have other rewards,
had more financial rewards. Until there are more paying positions than there
are job-seekers, I don't see this happening on any large scale. A bit
earlier Chris Dill offered some interesting ideas on rectifying this
situation.  I remember no subsequent posts in support of Chris' ideas.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Bethany Rutledge" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: Job Posting: Maryland Museum


> With all due respect to the hiring organization and much appreciation that
> they laid out the payrate right up front, I can't help but feel incredible
> empathy for the person who takes on this position.  Hired to work
part-time
> hours, they are going to be expected to accomplish the work of a couple of
> full-time employees and will probably put in an inordinate amount of
unpaid
> time trying to get the job done right.  After taking on a 2nd p-t job to
> survive, they should be on the path to burning out real soon.  It seems to
> me that small non-profits survive on the volunteer hours that their
> employees put in.
>
> A little warning for those thinking about entering this field - make sure
> you marry someone who makes a living wage, so he/she can finance your
> career.
>
> Can you tell its Monday morning!
>
> Bethany
>
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