that's quite an interesting question
say you've got a big property, that owns a lot of properties or shares. and the best way to maximise that income for the charity is to appoint professionals like accountants or lawyers to run it. but those people are likely not to come cheap (some of them do; my dad does it for free, for example). so is it justifiable to pay them a higher salary if they raise more money for the charity than someone less experienced/qualified could do? kind of flies in the face of being a charity, but then the charity is there to make money for a cause. hmm.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:34, 4 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Tl;dr

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:35, Reply)

when are we next out boozing?
monty?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:36, Reply)

I'm fucking broke.

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:37, Reply)

See above, I am considering having a month of no booze.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:38, Reply)

I'll believe this when aliens come and tell me it happened.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:42, Reply)

You do seem to drink alot, it'll take several weeks before you notice that your brain works half properly again

( Light In Chains maker of the ikea sofa, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:51, Reply)

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, Reply)

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)

Yes it is, thats why it happens.

(Bazongaloid, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:38, Reply)

So you don't think that
an accountant, for example, might choose to work for a charity for other reasons than money?
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:42, Reply)

some of them do, definitely
eg retired bankers/accountants, like my dad.

but lots of people can't afford to do that, if they have mortgages or other commitments.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 10:43, Reply)

In a way this is why the country is going worse
successive politicians have convinced people that work is only worth doing for money, not helping others, public service, or anything like that.
Wait till they sell the police to G4S......
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 11:06, Reply)

see my post at the bottom.
short version: pay peanuts, get monkeys x spend money to make money.
(UppityDamnPrimate LET'S OPEN THIS F*CKING PIT UP, Wed 1 Aug 2012, 11:32, Reply)