*grumbles*

[geminigirl]

Every two weeks I turn in an expense report. Because I do a lot of driving in my personal car, my expense reports largely consist of reimbursements for mileage. (And considering the price of gas these days, $.365 per mile isn't sufficient and should go up, but that's a separate rant entirely.) I'm reasonably prompt in turning these reports in, along with my time sheets. Sometimes they're larger than others. The one I turned in about a month ago is about half the size of the one I turned in two weeks ago. None of that is significant though, when I tell you that I've yet to get that money back. That's money that pays bills in between, that carries me through the end of the month between paychecks, that allows me a little wiggle room, like buying the shoes I need, which is getting put off until I get paid simply because I haven't got the expense checks.

I realize of course, that there are outstanding bills that come first, along with salaries, and things like that. But there are also employees who are squeaking by and depend on those checks to meet their financial obligations.

I'm tempted to say to the administration here, "Oh, no sorry. Can't throw an Imagine party for our mandatory fund raiser because you haven't given me expense checks in a month, so I just don't have the $100 or so to pay for it."

Editied to add:

As I finished this post, we recieved this e-mail....

"K. is aware of the fact that reimbursement checks haven't been distributed recently. She will be speaking with N. about it today. However, she said that money just isn't coming in fast enough.

This is an incentive for you to get your IMAGINE checks in."

As if that wasn't a slap in the face...

Where am I supposed to get the $ to host the party if I'm not getting the $ I'm owed?

Part of non-profit culture is often the expectation that you'll be involved to some degree in fundraising. I accept that as a part of the work environment that I've put myself in. But this isn't the first non-profit I've worked at, it likely won't be the last, and yet, of all the places I've worked, this is the one that asks employees to take the largest role in fundraising. And I'm not happy about it. The expectation to participate, I can deal with. The amount of participation expected is what I have a problem with.

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[emmett-the-sane.livejournal.com]

Perhaps you need to politely respond with, "No, actually this is an *inhibition*, not an incentive, towards getting IMAGINE checks." Which, from what I gather, it is.

[geminigirl]

It doesn't change my motivation for getting the Imagine checks (which is nearly none anyway.) It just pisses me off that I'm expected to lay out funds to support the organization when I feel like their committment to me on that end is being shirked.


I admit, I'm apathetic about being here. I don't care much anymore about things that did matter before. I'm sort of looking forward to moving on, in a much more ocncrete way than I had been for a while.