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So, I work as a volunteer for my local Habitat for Humanity office, and have been for 4 or 5 years now, IIRC, and I need advice about how to handle some things that have been happening lately.
I have a relatively new Volunteer Coordinator (I'm her assistant) to deal with, who doesn't seem to grasp the concept that I have a brain injury, or that I'm not paid for this work. This is going a little beyond growing pains. I'm not really enjoying myself anymore, nor do I feel at all appreciated for anything I do. I seldom get a thank you, and frequently get these veiled threats that I'm not sure whether to consider a threat of 'replacement' or not, about how she might have to get someone else in there.
Firstly, I administer the entire online and offline volunteer database for our organization.
I also create most of the in-office and publicity documents that people need, along with all of the ones I personally need.
I also fill in on the reception desk as needed.
I keep track of the hours for each of our volunteers and projects.
I do a number of other tasks throughout the office as needed.
I do a job, for free, that I could reasonably expect to get $12-$15/hour for if I were able to actually do it for money, and do it full-time. As it stands, I do about 12-18 hours per week. I do 12-18 hours per week for FREE.
I have a brain injury that includes some serious memory-forming and -retention issues.
I rely on a public works program that supplies transportation in order to get back and forth. There are a number of hoops that need to be jumped through in order to get where I need to be when I need to be there, which require some notice--at least a couple of days.
When you constantly change my work schedule, and expect me to keep track of it, or to be able to change things at the drop of a hat, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
When you then threaten me repeatedly with the idea that you'll need to get someone else in there to do my job if I can't handle that? It makes me want to watch you try.
When I've been using a system for the past 5 years, through three previous people, and you suddenly come along and refuse to use it? Don't be suprised when things don't work. When you refuse to use the forms I painstakingly created in order to make it possible for me to remember the jobs you set before me, and then expect me to be able to function, you are the one failing.
I'm about ready to tell you exactly where you can shove your demands. Then I will laugh and laugh and laugh in 3 months when you realize how good you had it.
Kindly go die in a fire.
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Ok, so this turned into more of a rant than a question, but still.
Should I just leave 'em hangin' and say "Good luck"? Should I try to meet with our Exec. Dir. to discuss things? Something else?
ETA: So I went with the meeting option, and the result is that I'm no longer volunteering in the office there. The ED raised some sort of bullshit that he hadn't even once bothered to mention before, about issues with my performance, errors in reporting, etc. No examples, no backup, just the accusation, and it's the first I'd heard of it... ever. Hence calling bullshit. So, I called my ride and went home. I won't be going back next week.
I have a relatively new Volunteer Coordinator (I'm her assistant) to deal with, who doesn't seem to grasp the concept that I have a brain injury, or that I'm not paid for this work. This is going a little beyond growing pains. I'm not really enjoying myself anymore, nor do I feel at all appreciated for anything I do. I seldom get a thank you, and frequently get these veiled threats that I'm not sure whether to consider a threat of 'replacement' or not, about how she might have to get someone else in there.
Firstly, I administer the entire online and offline volunteer database for our organization.
I also create most of the in-office and publicity documents that people need, along with all of the ones I personally need.
I also fill in on the reception desk as needed.
I keep track of the hours for each of our volunteers and projects.
I do a number of other tasks throughout the office as needed.
I do a job, for free, that I could reasonably expect to get $12-$15/hour for if I were able to actually do it for money, and do it full-time. As it stands, I do about 12-18 hours per week. I do 12-18 hours per week for FREE.
I have a brain injury that includes some serious memory-forming and -retention issues.
I rely on a public works program that supplies transportation in order to get back and forth. There are a number of hoops that need to be jumped through in order to get where I need to be when I need to be there, which require some notice--at least a couple of days.
When you constantly change my work schedule, and expect me to keep track of it, or to be able to change things at the drop of a hat, you are setting yourself up for disappointment.
When you then threaten me repeatedly with the idea that you'll need to get someone else in there to do my job if I can't handle that? It makes me want to watch you try.
When I've been using a system for the past 5 years, through three previous people, and you suddenly come along and refuse to use it? Don't be suprised when things don't work. When you refuse to use the forms I painstakingly created in order to make it possible for me to remember the jobs you set before me, and then expect me to be able to function, you are the one failing.
I'm about ready to tell you exactly where you can shove your demands. Then I will laugh and laugh and laugh in 3 months when you realize how good you had it.
Kindly go die in a fire.
--
Ok, so this turned into more of a rant than a question, but still.
Should I just leave 'em hangin' and say "Good luck"? Should I try to meet with our Exec. Dir. to discuss things? Something else?
ETA: So I went with the meeting option, and the result is that I'm no longer volunteering in the office there. The ED raised some sort of bullshit that he hadn't even once bothered to mention before, about issues with my performance, errors in reporting, etc. No examples, no backup, just the accusation, and it's the first I'd heard of it... ever. Hence calling bullshit. So, I called my ride and went home. I won't be going back next week.