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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Mr. Camper wrote:westernrvparkowner wrote:
Personally, I hate the double standard the government somehow allows. A private park cannot legally hire a "volunteer" and provide them with a site. We cannot legally hire someone and pay them a stipend. We have to pay minimum wage and cover that employee with workman's comp insurance. We have to follow reams of rules and regulations. Apparently, if it is the government, those rules and regulations don't apply.
Talk about owning a business that has the toughest competition in the world. A RV park competing with a state or national park has a competitor that doesn't have to pay their employees, doesn't have to pay for their facilities, doesn't have to pay taxes, can operate at a loss forever and doesn't have to follow the rules they created for everyone else. All that and they still have trouble putting out a decent product in many of their parks. As I have said in the past, if government is the answer, it must be a stupid question.
WOW! With strong beliefs like that, it sounds like your only option is to sell the place and move to Costa Rica. What's your asking price?
Not that westernrvparkowner needs defending, but he does have some strong feelings on business and how he runs his parks. He does not mind saying so.
He has earned that right by being in business and all the "stuff" that it entails.
I once had an employee come to me and say he wanted to be in business for himself. Once I outlined the major steps that had to be taken, not mentioning money, he turned on his heel, left my office saying:" Never mind." Too much work for him I guess.
