I don’t have a ton of time to talk but I wanted to say that getting started working for yourself requires a tremendous amount of time and effort in most cases. In most cases, in order to be successful starting your own company you will have to put in long hours fighting fir work and clients and proving yourself or your product. If you need help, YOU are the HR department sorting through posting job openings, reading resumes, doing interviewing, setting up payroll, etc. YOU are in-house legal, and all the other departments that support a business until you can afford to high or pay experts in those areas. There is definitely a life cycle for companies and the initial climb to stability is hard. There are always exceptions to this of course.
If I were you, I’d start quietly looking for a new job. Contact a recruiting firm and let them know you are looking. Contact the major fundraising companies and ask about openings. I am working for 2 non profits right now who are trying to fill development positions and in one case we have been looking for over a year. We have come to the point where we are hiring a headhunter (at 30% first annual salary for a fee) because there is a serious shortage of effective, proven development people. With the shortage, I have a feeling you could work anywhere in the country and continue to office at home. If you find that there is a shortage of development people in our area and think you are currently undervalued but otherwise like your job (because 4.5 weeks of vacation is RARE), then talk seriously to management at your current company. Let them know they won’t find someone to replace you and what they should do differently if they don’t want to lose you. Then be ready to jump ship if they terminate you. Being fired is ALWAYS better for the employee. It means you get Cobra, some sort of severance package, etc. (If you are interested in traveling or moving to Wisconsin or willing to make a few annual trips to Peru, I know of 2 openings you could apply for right now!)
Last edited by gatorsmom; 05-13-2021 at 11:04 AM.
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"This is the ultimate weakness of violence: It multiplies evil and violence in the universe. It doesn't solve any problems." Martin Luther King, Jr.