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LuckyTheDog

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7. I have looked into nonprofts
Tue May 21, 2013, 12:54 PM
May 2013

The last one I talked to was looking for a state-wide communications manager. Sounds good, right?

When they asked for my salary requirements, I asked for the same low salary I had been making at the statewide nonprofit that laid me off in November. (Remember, that had been a 40% pay cut compared to my previous job.)

The salary request seemed more than fair to them and would have just barely allowed me to pay my bills. But the request ended the conversation. They wanted someone to work long hours for about 30% less than that.

Yes, I will continue to consider nonprofits. But I need to find one that wants to pay a grown-up wage.

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