1. We all love to help out charities once in a while...
2. ...but working for a charity is a lot less glamorous.
3. Receiving donations is amazing, but counting coins? Not so much.
4. Volunteers are fantastic too, but sometimes they can be a tiny bit demanding.
5. The two words you dread hearing the most aren't "you're fired", they're "funding application".
6. Relying on external funding (and donations) means you don't have much job security.
7. And don't even think about asking for a raise...
8. It's OK though, because you're rewarded in other, more creative ways.
9. Though you might not feel quite so appreciated when your job suffers inevitable mission creep.
10. You have to be able to deal with rejection.
11. And you're repeatedly asked to "volunteer" to help with 6am weekend fun runs...
12. ...not to mention bucket shakes.
13. You can't even complain about your job to your friends, because if you do, you sound like a jerk.
14. Sometimes, you feel guilty about getting paid...especially when you have a great day.
15. Those are the dressing-as-a-daffodil days...
16. The "I'm proud of our volunteers" days...
17. The "Sure, I'll wear the sweetcorn costume, why not?" days.
18. The "I made something amazing happen" days.
19. Even sorting through charity shop donations can be fun...
20. These golden days almost make up for the crazy amount of paperwork...
21. ...but not the funding applications.
