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:
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.
If a paid employees assigns you the job to supervise, totem poles don't matter.
Kids may resent you IF management has not clearly defined to them the "chain of command."
I know how you feel about supervising. I spent my entire career as the "boss." I am done with that.
Why don't you approach your "boss" and let them know that you are not interested in supervising. Most facilities utilizing volunteers will go out of their way to provide a good experience. If they insist that you do something you do not wish to do.....time to move on.
You are not getting paid enough to put up with something you do not wish to do. :)
