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DemiDee

Charitymanager wrote: »

I am 33, work as CEO of a local charity and earn £41k a year pro rata as I only work 4 days a week. Also pick up bits and pieces of consultancy work worth another 5k a year.

As someone who heads up a charity, I know how much work it entails. However, through choice I haven't taken a penny from donations and work part time elsewhere in order to be able to run it effectively whilst knowing that all donations, with the exception of Paypal and bank fees, go directly to where they're intended. Hearing of charity CEOs earning money like this - for just four days work - is exactly why I never give to charities unless I know that virtually every penny is going to where I'm told it will end up.

openscreen

DemiDee wrote: »

As someone who heads up a charity, I know how much work it entails. However, through choice I haven't taken a penny from donations and work part time elsewhere in order to be able to run it effectively whilst knowing that all donations, with the exception of Paypal and bank fees, go directly to where they're intended. Hearing of charity CEOs earning money like this - for just four days work - is exactly why I never give to charities unless I know that virtually every penny is going to where I'm told it will end up.

I agree with you entirely, an awful lot of people do Charity work for nothing, hence the name Charity. I am sure what ever charity this person works for would benefit more if the salary taken was halved for example! Most people would give there right arm to work 4 days a week & earn this amount of money!

fluffpot

Charities need t be run just like any other business. Demidee is fortunate in that he/she has another job which can offset the lack of pay from the charity.
We don't know charitymanager's details, but £41K pro rata to head up an organisation doesn't sound excessive. If that job was only paying £20K do you think you'd get a good candidate? They might have saved £20K but if the person was no good then they might loose even more funds and even close

somethingcorporate

Considering they could make anywhere between twice to 100 times as much as a CEO of a for-profit company the pay does not seem excessive (depending on the size of the company), if they offered £20k they would never attract a decent candidate.

I am sure some of the CEOs of the mega-charities (oxfam etc) make many more times than this individual. Unfortunately charities need to be run like businesses, enthusiastic volunteers tend to expend a lot of effort but not always effectively or efficiently.

PeteW

A charity would be irresponsible not to employ the best CEO they can. If it's a choice between having someone work for free and pulling in £1m a year and someone paid £50k and pulling in £2m a year, it's a no-brainer.

Reue

IT Desktop Admin
£34k plus Bonus (about another k), matched 4% pension.
Aged 25

Pros: Love the job, flexible hours, great team and easy commute.

Cons: Not too much really, On-call so could get called away at any moment, unlikely to get into a 6-figure salary.

rufus86

sepinroth wrote: »

Hi

I'm a full-time self-employed translator, work at home (or to be honest, wherever the internet available).

As I temporarily work for agencies only, the money is not impressive, but I am slowly moving towards individual clients.

I don't have a set salary - it's purely based on how much work I want to do. Average monthly income is about 2000 GBP, so 24k per year.

Hours of work? God knows. Sometimes just 2-4 per day, sometimes 12 and more for urgent projects.

Pros of this work -LOADS OF THEM: doing what I love, no 2 projects the same, lots of work available, work usually when and where I want (love night work!), relatively good pay for a short amount of time, great satisfaction, almost unlimited prospects for business growth

Cons: no weekends, often need to work at sociable hours, ridiculous deadlines, low agency rates for complicated projects

All that may not sound impressive, but just to compare: I worked as a TA from 9:00 to 15:50 for 6 years for 600 GBP net pay per month! It was apparently part-time but I spent the whole day at school and was getting less per month than I often get for a week now. How terrible was that?

what language are you translating from/to? i gave up on the translation 'dream' because it seemed native speakers of foreign languages living in the UK were more sought after

rufus86

this is a real eye opener and a little depressing for me, at 27, earning 22k a year in job that has stalled

CashStrappedPrincess

Administration Officer at an FE setting. £17k a year and 25 days holiday with 8 days shut down at xmas. Had two promotions within 15 months and now run an office of my own

Pros - I love my job, apperently I'm not bad at it either.

Cons - I want more money

warchild75

Mot tester for national fast fit centre, Basic pay is 22k but with overtime and bonus I take around 29k, But that is pretty much 6 days a week, get 29 days holiday but am expected to work Bank holidays albeit 10-4pm