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[quote=Anonymous][quote]Anonymous wrote:

NP but similar sounding nonprofit role. Mine are external and internal and mostly pre scheduled. I often work for an hour between 6-7am, end at 5:30, and lately have been working 8:30-10pm as well. It’s rough.

Blech…everything I say on this site always comes off as so snarky.
I’m the one who asked what the calls were about. I see how it came off as accusing the pp of lying about how hard she is working. I’m genuinely curious what they are about. I’ve never worked for a nonprofit or known anyone who has worked for one.[/quote]

I'm the one who originally wrote that - didn't find it snarky, just didn't return to the thread until now!

Most are prescheduled but in the slots that aren't pre-scheduled, I get a lot of requests just to talk for a sec. My role is very much to be an overseer and ensure that the work of the organization is coordinated across different divisions, plus doing business development and talking to potential funders. Today's calls include one bi-weekly check in with a direct report, one monthly call with someone in a related department to make sure our teams are aligned, a progress review on an ongoing initiative involving people from multiple teams, an emergency call to figure out what to do about a big funder who is threatening to pull out, and a call with a potential outside partner who wants to collaborate on a book.

We definitely have some staff who are head down in their work, but at upper levels of management we wear a ton of different hats and the communication demands are relentless. [/quote]

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