Is It Friday Yet?
Things just keep on getting weirder. Life just keeps on rushing ahead at warp speed and frankly my dears.... I'm fed up.
Yup. It's rant time!
Today's rant is brought to you by corporate big shots who in the rush to improve the bottom line trample all over the folks they supposedly "value". To whit: reorganization which is just another pleasant euphemism for "we're going cut jobs, increase workload, go all Big Brother on you and you're gonna like it or we will get rid of you too while we sip colorful drinks in resorts". The Enron boys aren't the only arrogant souls out there you know.
Okay I don't work for Corporate America but nonprofits are not immune to the joys of watching the bottom line and the need to restructure and its only a matter of time before it hits our world too. So I gotta ask: what happens to all the great volunteers who suddenly don't have a local office to turn to? How are they supposed to feel connected to the cause, to feel that they make a difference when they are left all alone?
Oh sure, you can always say that if they are in it for the "right reasons" they'll stay and adjust to whatever new system is implemented and of course they do want their organizations to be good stewards of the money they raise so they understand cutting overhead but when they go to pick up the phone and they can't get what they need when they need it because suddenly they need to plan a few weeks ahead of the "when they need it" there will be trouble.
And guess who has to fix it? The ones who were not lost to the euphemism. And with no colorful drinks to fortify themselves.
Yup. It's rant time!
Today's rant is brought to you by corporate big shots who in the rush to improve the bottom line trample all over the folks they supposedly "value". To whit: reorganization which is just another pleasant euphemism for "we're going cut jobs, increase workload, go all Big Brother on you and you're gonna like it or we will get rid of you too while we sip colorful drinks in resorts". The Enron boys aren't the only arrogant souls out there you know.
Okay I don't work for Corporate America but nonprofits are not immune to the joys of watching the bottom line and the need to restructure and its only a matter of time before it hits our world too. So I gotta ask: what happens to all the great volunteers who suddenly don't have a local office to turn to? How are they supposed to feel connected to the cause, to feel that they make a difference when they are left all alone?
Oh sure, you can always say that if they are in it for the "right reasons" they'll stay and adjust to whatever new system is implemented and of course they do want their organizations to be good stewards of the money they raise so they understand cutting overhead but when they go to pick up the phone and they can't get what they need when they need it because suddenly they need to plan a few weeks ahead of the "when they need it" there will be trouble.
And guess who has to fix it? The ones who were not lost to the euphemism. And with no colorful drinks to fortify themselves.
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