I work at a small charity (got bills to pay) and I still find it shocking how employees think working there is somehow enough, like “I’m such a good person, I work at a charity”, whilst doing absolutely jackshit outside the parameters of that paid work. We shout about child poverty and poor health whilst ignoring the structural reasons why kids have bad diets. We can’t be ‘too political’ or we’ll turn off the funders.
I’ve just started doing things outside my job description but within work time, like running a community garden and setting up a food cooperative at a community centre we work with. It feels like a small fuck you to some of our shitty corporate funders that pay my wage.
This made me think of Ayesha Khan’s latest - https://substack.com/home/post/p-157974340?source=queue
I work at a small charity (got bills to pay) and I still find it shocking how employees think working there is somehow enough, like “I’m such a good person, I work at a charity”, whilst doing absolutely jackshit outside the parameters of that paid work. We shout about child poverty and poor health whilst ignoring the structural reasons why kids have bad diets. We can’t be ‘too political’ or we’ll turn off the funders.
I’ve just started doing things outside my job description but within work time, like running a community garden and setting up a food cooperative at a community centre we work with. It feels like a small fuck you to some of our shitty corporate funders that pay my wage.
Anyway, big fan of your work, thank you!