Am 29.07.2017 um 17:43 schrieb Pine W:
Staff doesn't have that choice - unless, as you said, they quit. Sure, that's always an options, but not
really
comparable.
I don't think that being paid well in exchange for being unhappy, especially if someone is highly stressed or miserable most days, is a good deal. If someone feels that way then I would encourage them to either try to negotiate changes to their work environment internally, or to find a new employer.
That makes it sounds like people are being forced to put up with horrible things. That's not what I meant. I was referring to the fact that when you work in an organization, it's part of your job to stick to pre-defined processes, and it's part of your job to follow some agreed-upon roadmap. Volunteers have the luxury on working on what they want, when they want. One reason to pay people is so the less appealing stuff also gets done, and gets done in time. That's a fair deal, I think.
My point was - for certain topics, TechCom is now part of the official decision making process at the wmf. That's new. For volunteers, nothing changes, really.
As to workplace satisfaction at the WMF - that's an entirely different topic. I sure hope that the involvement of TechCom in certain questions doesn't make people's job horribly frustrating now. I rather hope it would reduce frustration, at least in the long run.