u/dadawestern

i was hired as a operations manager for a 100k in revenue small non profit that saw a incredible amount of turn over the past year after the operations manager of 5 years left for a neighboring nonprofit. frankly I think she’s awesome as a person but left no systems in place. the former employees are burnt out and won’t assist with onboarding me. the role was restructured as a “3/4” a little more than part time position. I’ve hired a CPA to assist since previous director did all taxes and payroll herself and it’s a mess

at my board meeting after my first full month in the org this week the board was pushing to hire a development person next month. I had to stop them and explain we owe taxes (from when the position was empty for half a year), our books are a mess, the budget they approved is at a deficit, and there is about 7k cash flow in the bank. it be irresponsible to try to hire more staff. the board is despera for money and to not be so involved (they were part of the hiring committee)

did I join a sinking ship?