Also you know literal volunteering, like for a charity.
I volunteer at a non-profit on weekends, and that places me in a position of extremely little power, way below the board of directors and the executive director and I’m choosing to be there.
I really just don’t get the original statement, not sure what it’s trying to say.
Yea but the charity has to be nice to you since they depend on volunteers. At any point you could just leave. I’d say this is an about equal relationship in terms of power
That is true but I feel it’s still uneven. Assuming I want to be there, if I mess up they can just not invite me back.
Those who set the rules (what ‘messing up’ even is) are still in a position of power over me in that sense - I can’t get them fired (those positions are paid) the same way they can just dismiss me.
I am of course perfectly fine with this, and am not seeking to move up in the hierarchy. (But it is possible to do so.)
Also you know literal volunteering, like for a charity.
I volunteer at a non-profit on weekends, and that places me in a position of extremely little power, way below the board of directors and the executive director and I’m choosing to be there.
I really just don’t get the original statement, not sure what it’s trying to say.
Yea but the charity has to be nice to you since they depend on volunteers. At any point you could just leave. I’d say this is an about equal relationship in terms of power
That is true but I feel it’s still uneven. Assuming I want to be there, if I mess up they can just not invite me back.
Those who set the rules (what ‘messing up’ even is) are still in a position of power over me in that sense - I can’t get them fired (those positions are paid) the same way they can just dismiss me.
I am of course perfectly fine with this, and am not seeking to move up in the hierarchy. (But it is possible to do so.)
How is this any different from the, “if you don’t like your job you can just leave” argument?
The charity doesn’t pay you and your livelihood doesn’t depend on it.
This is true… but it doesn’t change the power dynamic at play at all - merely the stakes for the individual involved.