Volunteers and paid employees
The park I am volunteering at hires part-time summer help and has some college interns. They all get a salary. They are in their late teens or early twenties, whereas I am seventy. I am doing maintena...
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halfwright wrote:Your totem pole is your knowledge and experience these kids do not have. if you think these kids resent you then its time for a talk with them and upper management.
Maybe I did not express myself very well. As a volunteer, I do not think that I am as "high on the totem pole" as paid employees. I am afraid that there is resentment when I tell the kids what to do. I am not a pushy person and have never wanted to be a supervisor. I much prefer working by myself. But, as Don said, I always have the option of leaving.
