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.
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Daniel Kinzler
Senior Software Developer
Wikimedia Deutschland
Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V.