So many people are willing to give their time and energy to help those in need, but it can feel like the work is never satisfying.
Donations, however, are.
Some of you who are willing to give your time to help others find work, but it’s not your focus. We need to focus on what you do better than anyone else here, so we don’t get paid to do it. We also don’t have to give your time to help others find work.
You can also get paid to provide people with free time, but that’s a very different issue. If you donate a few hours of your time to help people find, say, a new computer or a new movie, I’d get my money back. That’s like giving out your money to a dead animal.
If you don’t give your time to help others find work, you won’t see their work. You may be able to help them find your work by creating a project, or by asking them to come help you. But don’t get me started on these topics. All the people involved in their work may have their work to do. It’s not their job to get paid. You’re doing it for your time, not for money.
There was an answer to my question about the “civic” nature of the people who work for Arkane’s team.
The way we work and organize is one of the things that has made our culture so strong. Many of us like to think that we do this because we have a sense of responsibility and a desire to give back. But this is not true. We have a sense of responsibility because we give our time and money to the organizations that we belong to.
The people who help to run the Arkanes team (whether they’re students, volunteers, staff, or part of the organization’s executive team) are the ones who do not have a financial interest in the organization. If you are a volunteer, you are not paid by the organization, but you are still serving an organization’s purpose. The people who are paid by the organization are the ones who have an interest in the organization.
I don’t know about you, but I love volunteering. I love watching people who have sacrificed so much for this company to get their hands dirty and help make it great. I love seeing the results of the work they put in and the people who get to see it. I love seeing my money go to the organizations who make this company great.
But as much as I love volunteering, I can’t see volunteering as the most effective way to achieve a particular organizational goal. When you volunteer, you serve a purpose for your organization, but you don’t get any of the benefits of the organization. Organizations are not just organizations that give the organization the benefits of giving. Organizations are organizations that provide the organization with the benefits of offering the organization things that the organization is not getting from other people.