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On April 20, 2008 rationalthinker Discussed

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Why is it better to be a non-profit than a for-profit? Why is it better to be a local company than a large company? At what point does a company that is successful become too successful and immediately “evil.” I have known lots of small companies that were terrible to their employees, didn’t have enough profit to provide any kinds of benefits or insurance, and whose products were less than great. As for non-profits, I worked for the Girl Scouts of America- which was the worst job I ever had. All of my supervisors were incredibly rude to me, since at that time I had not yet completed my college degree, and the pay was so low that I had to work two jobs. I was literally working seven days a week with no breaks. That is what convinced me to go back to school so I could educate myself and one day work for a successful for-profit company that was producing something of excellence. The services provided to the girls at the Girl Scouts of America were far from excellent, and we had to hound those girls into selling cookies like crazy because that literally comprised 90% of our budget.

On 2008-04-20 rationalthinker GOODmarked

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On April 20, 2008 rationalthinker Discussed

Buying Organic

  • and said:

Why is it better to be a non-profit than a for-profit? Why is it better to be a local company than a large company? At what point does a company that is successful become too successful and immediately “evil.” I have known lots of small companies that were terrible to their employees, didn’t have enough profit to provide any kinds of benefits or insurance, and whose products were less than great. As for non-profits, I worked for the Girl Scouts of America- which was the worst job I ever had. All of my supervisors were incredibly rude to me, since at that time I had not yet completed my college degree, and the pay was so low that I had to work two jobs. I was literally working seven days a week with no breaks. That is what convinced me to go back to school so I could educate myself and one day work for a successful for-profit company that was producing something of excellence. The services provided to the girls at the Girl Scouts of America were far from excellent, and we had to hound those girls into selling cookies like crazy because that literally comprised 90% of our budget.

On 2008-04-20 rationalthinker GOODmarked

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