Isn't that edging towards the usual
"We need to keep managers salaries high to attract the best talent "
but also
"We need to keep workers wages low to cut costs"?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:38, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

There must be a balancing point though?
You have to get someone good enough to make money, but obviously not paying the very highest wage. Everything in between is a matter of opinion on whether you feel they have got the balance right.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:42, Reply)

i don't think it's quite the same thing
eg a lawyer would earn less if they went in-house at a charity, but still more than it would seem fair for a charity to pay, at first glance. but if that lawyer then made the charity £1M by reading a break clause correctly, would that justify it.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:42, Reply)

It might do,
but that wouldn't be the kind of thing that happened every day.
A relative of mine was a charity shop manager, she left for another charity after seeing how corporate and big business the top end of the place was. Bear in mind only the shop managers get paid, everyone else in there is an unpaid volunteer.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:50, Reply)

the problem is that a lot of charities are in fact businesses, which i guess was kind of your original point
you should see some of the ones we get on the other side. i've seen charities make individuals bankrupt.

and as for the church...
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:54, Reply)

yup, that's the problem
they become too much like a business and not enough like a charity.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 11:00, Reply)