Mr Willie Cheng argued in the
Straits Times today that salaries in charity organisations are already governed by market forces.
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"No one is compelled to do non-profit work. People choose to work in charities at wage levels that they know of upfront and thus fully accept."
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But I do not quite understand his point on the fact that certain charity CEOs getting $250,000 and $600,000 p.a. is "evidence that the capitalist system for human resources is working." Perhaps he's trying to say that the salary distribution is quite uneven?
He went on to say that a CEO running a small charity outfit of about 10 staff is generally paid $6,000 to $8,000 a month. However, the same position in a similar-sized commercial company will garner more than $10,000 a month. The difference can be explained by what he termed the "heart factor" - the intangible job satisfaction that comes with the job.
Some interesting trivia from the article: local Catholic priests are paid $500 per month with lodging, and Hindu priests from the
Hindu Endowment Board get $500 to $1000 per month.
Mr Willie Cheng was the former Country Managing Director of
Accenture Singapore (a management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company) and also the former chairman of the
National Volunteer & Philanthropy Centre. He is currently director of the
Lien Foundation Centre for Social Innovation.
http://www.salary.sg/2007/charity-sector-pay/