Work for a non-profit

“I negotiated the co-marketing campaigns with local businesses, for one. Convincing vendors or suppliers to give some discounts is so much easier when it's for a worthy cause. As my communication improved, some companies even got keen to give me supplies and services for free. That was the time for my little happy dance.”

“I don't work in a role that is terribly client-facing, so this is not as much of an issue for me. Mostly, I tend to feel burnt out from the frustration of dealing with poorly performing, under-resourced systems. I think there is a narrative that nonprofits are inefficient, but I think it's more that so much of the work in nonprofits is just so hard. By design, in most nonprofits you're tackling all of the things that aren't working.”

“Starting as a front-line employee earning $13 per hour, I experienced the community firsthand. Moving up to a team leader 6 months later, I began to dive into the difficulty of leadership. Within the first year, I was promoted to the Membership Experience manager at one of their health and fitness facilities overseeing the customer service and sales team for just below 2 years.”