u/SCP-3004

Sorry in advance I will try and explain briefly. The situation is hurting my spirit and sense of purpose. I guess I'm just venting but input is welcome.

I have worked at this organization over 3 years now, the last 2 as HR Director. We struggled in the past with an old, tyrannical, and out of touch CEO who made terrible unplanned financial decisions. Lost us $1 million on some bullshit verbal loan of sorts to an unscrupulous friend etc.

He finally stepped down as CEO but is now the board chair. Him and another board member (also an idiot and failed businessman) have devised a bus program, I wont go into it. Just call it a social work side project.

They secured funding and operated it separately on their own but it was a 3 month pilot program. Obviously that came to an end and they failed to secure further funding or do much of anything planned or properly.

They propositioned the rest of the board (where I think the problem lies) and they approved for the bus program to be ran under our organization. I am not privy to board meetings or what was or wasn't discussed. The budget I saw made no sense financially.

We don't seem to be operating this program at all. They are making staffing and payroll decisions. Bad ones. One of them is also now being paid a salary for "working on the bus". We are also incurring all kinds of costs due to this. The only way I can describe it is like a shadow program they are running under our name and we are paying for it. It sucks.

To contradict or oppose these decisions is only met with outbursts and a "too bad fuck you because I say so" type response. I suppose I am just venting and I have to sit tight and focus on our mission while I wait for this old fuck to die (he's very old) but just curious what other's may think. I don't even know if contacting the board would be safe for me or do anything at all.

Do I keep my head down, do my job, collect my check, and let them sort it out or do I speak up and try and take some sort of action? It may not even be my place but I feel torn. I am passionate about this place and our mission so seeing it bled dry in a corrupt way really bothers me. If this bus program were eliminated tomorrow we would bounce back into not operating at a loss and tons of time and effort would be freed up to focus on our mission.

This is the lastest burden and not the only one him and our non-working semi incompetent or uncaring board have done. Do I suck it up and shut up or make enemies or get fired for saying what the fuck are we doing here?!