5 years ago today, I was laid off from my first post-college full-time job. Tough to believe it has been that long ago. I floated around a year waiting tables and generally had a blast. Then I started work at a non-profit four years ago. It is now time for me to get back in the private sector.
My experience at non-profits has been one of cronyism, incompetence, and a whole bunch of CYA. Seems like there is also a strong inverse relation of merit to pay. And no matter the intentions when you start, marginalization and apathy are just around the corner. But I don’t mean to sound bitter. It really is just time for me to move on. If your looking for stability (which I was at the time) and can deal with the politics, then I recommend working for the state. Just go into with your eyes open. And not to sound like a republican - it is our tax dollars being massively wasted on hiring and paying through cronyism instead of job performance.

Thursday, April 5th, 2007 @ 10:53 am Personal, Rants
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