Comments on: Take Back Your 9 to 5: Ditch the Martyr Lifestyle http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/08/take-back-your-9-to-5-ditch-the-martyr-lifestyle/ empowering a new generation of leaders Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:15:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Keeping Your Emotional Well-Being in Check | YNPN-NYC http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/08/take-back-your-9-to-5-ditch-the-martyr-lifestyle/#comment-51987 Keeping Your Emotional Well-Being in Check | YNPN-NYC Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:46:04 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=376#comment-51987 [...] Take Back Your 9 to 5: Ditch the Martyr Lifestyle [...] [...] Take Back Your 9 to 5: Ditch the Martyr Lifestyle [...]

]]> By: bsaunders http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/08/take-back-your-9-to-5-ditch-the-martyr-lifestyle/#comment-51201 bsaunders Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:44:58 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=376#comment-51201 "Nonprofits don't pay overtime"? Yes, they do. If they do not, they are breaking the law!<br><br>A couple of years ago, while serving on two nonprofit boards, I interviewed over a dozen executive director candidates. I was surprised to hear the number of stories I heard of directors walking onto new leadership jobs to find that the nonprofit was nearly bankrupt or in legal jeopardy due to failing to pay employment taxes or submit withholding from employee paychecks to the IRS.<br><br>Nonprofits do great work with minimal resources. This is no justification for managers to adopt a lawless attitude or to regard employees as slaves. Should employees sue for not getting overtime, they are not "betraying clients." The betrayers are the lazy managers who saw breaking the law as a solution to their management challenges. “Nonprofits don't pay overtime”? Yes, they do. If they do not, they are breaking the law!

A couple of years ago, while serving on two nonprofit boards, I interviewed over a dozen executive director candidates. I was surprised to hear the number of stories I heard of directors walking onto new leadership jobs to find that the nonprofit was nearly bankrupt or in legal jeopardy due to failing to pay employment taxes or submit withholding from employee paychecks to the IRS.

Nonprofits do great work with minimal resources. This is no justification for managers to adopt a lawless attitude or to regard employees as slaves. Should employees sue for not getting overtime, they are not “betraying clients.” The betrayers are the lazy managers who saw breaking the law as a solution to their management challenges.

]]> By: Is it Time to Quit Your Nonprofit Job? | Rosetta Thurman http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/08/take-back-your-9-to-5-ditch-the-martyr-lifestyle/#comment-50385 Is it Time to Quit Your Nonprofit Job? | Rosetta Thurman Sun, 11 Apr 2010 00:15:54 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=376#comment-50385 [...] nonprofit employees stay at their jobs much longer than is healthy, making themselves martyrs for their nonprofit cause. All too often, this blind commitment to a cause can keep people in [...] [...] nonprofit employees stay at their jobs much longer than is healthy, making themselves martyrs for their nonprofit cause. All too often, this blind commitment to a cause can keep people in [...]

]]> By: Elisa http://www.rosettathurman.com/2008/08/take-back-your-9-to-5-ditch-the-martyr-lifestyle/#comment-394 Elisa Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:02:00 +0000 http://rosettathurman.com/blog/?p=376#comment-394 Vacation, vacation, vacation! I'm lucky enough to have paid vacation time and I take it. I take a minimum of two week-long vacations a year with several long weekends throw in as well. I am even happy to take leave without pay if it means having that time away. Getting away for a long-ish period of time is very refreshing and it gives you all kinds of energy to go back in and do an even better job. Vacation, vacation, vacation! I’m lucky enough to have paid vacation time and I take it. I take a minimum of two week-long vacations a year with several long weekends throw in as well. I am even happy to take leave without pay if it means having that time away. Getting away for a long-ish period of time is very refreshing and it gives you all kinds of energy to go back in and do an even better job.

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