Perhaps my experience in the famously kindly and generous finance industry has not prepared me for the cutthroat reality of nonprofit altruist organizations.
...and then I wondered if you’ve seen Margin Call? It is truly a work of art.
My experiences are mostly in startups, but rarely on the actual founding team, so I have seen more stuff that was unbuffered by kind, diligent, “clueless” bosses.
My general impression is that “systems and processes” go a long way into creating smooth rides for the people at the bottom, but those things are not effectively in place (1) at the very beginning and (2) at the top when exceptional situations arise. Credentialed labor is generally better compensated in big organizations precisely because they have “systems” where people turn cranks reliably that reliably Make Number Go Up and then share out fractional amounts of “the number”.
Some years ago, a few people from my team (2 on a team of ~7) were laid off as part of firm staff reductions.
Did you ever see or talk with them again? Did they get nice severance packages? Severance packages are the normal way for oligarchs to minimize expensive conflict, I think.
I laughed out loud on this line...
...and then I wondered if you’ve seen Margin Call? It is truly a work of art.
My experiences are mostly in startups, but rarely on the actual founding team, so I have seen more stuff that was unbuffered by kind, diligent, “clueless” bosses.
My general impression is that “systems and processes” go a long way into creating smooth rides for the people at the bottom, but those things are not effectively in place (1) at the very beginning and (2) at the top when exceptional situations arise. Credentialed labor is generally better compensated in big organizations precisely because they have “systems” where people turn cranks reliably that reliably Make Number Go Up and then share out fractional amounts of “the number”.
Did you ever see or talk with them again? Did they get nice severance packages? Severance packages are the normal way for oligarchs to minimize expensive conflict, I think.