Charity Wages - Mary Davis

canhascheez

I had this over in 'Volunteerism' but nobody is biting, so..

With this latest Mary Davis 'p60 story', she is paid roughly €160,000/year for her role in 'Special Olympics'. Is this the norm for somebody working at this level for a charity?

Do other charities pay as much, or more?

reprazant

Possibly.

The chief executive of Rehab gets close to half a million a year, I think.

megaten

This is the norm for all charities. Though obviously not as much. In most charities the higher ups and office workers receive some sort of wage.

Tiocfaidh Armani

I think it's sickening how much she uses the Special Olympics as some reason she should be President when she was paid so much for what was just another JOB!

EGAR

Running an animal rescue myself I was very surprised recently to find out how many other rescues get paid and how much :eek:. Also, quite a good few of them use chuggers.

I must be doing something wrong .

frash

Standard enough
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/charity-bosses-salaries-exceed-100k-168734.html

FetchTheGin

EGAR wrote: »

Running an animal rescue myself I was very surprised recently to find out how many other rescues get paid and how much :eek:. Also, quite a good few of them use chuggers.

I must be doing something wrong .

Rescuing animals was your first mistake.

EGAR

FetchTheGin wrote: »

Rescuing animals was your first mistake.

Nah, I am a sucker for punishment.

sbsquarepants

EGAR wrote: »

Running an animal rescue myself I was very surprised recently to find out how many other rescues get paid and how much :eek:. Also, quite a good few of them use chuggers.

I must be doing something wrong .

Maybe a deal with a chinese restaurant would bolster your coffers?

EGAR

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Maybe a deal with a chinese restaurant would bolster your coffers?

No, the microchips are a dead give away..:D

GetWithIt

It's the norm - in Ireland.

squod

http://www.marydavis.ie/

Says her financial details are up on her website. FYI Mary, FF don't have the same level of influence anymore. The gravy train has terminated.

beagle001

Mary davis is a cash hungry individual who is only seeking higher office to promote mary davis and co and has no clue about this country only her self interests and her cronies.
Her charities paying her husbands PR firms thousands,conflict of interest maybe.
I think the people of Ireland are not that stupid to vote in this fianna fail crony.

cosmicfart

what i she role? Most charities like Oxfam for example, have nothing but people giving there spare time except for management. 160K for working in the special Olympics must mean she does some integral work like dotting iiis and crossing tttts scandalous :mad:

ejmaztec

reprazant wrote: »

Possibly.

The chief executive of Rehab gets close to half a million a year, I think.

...and that Kerins woman is also on a quango or two, so a bit more more can be added to that big chunk.:(

Anita Blow

Not comparable to other irish charities. She's Managing Director of Special Olympics for all of Europe and Eurasia

Son Of A Vidic

This is more of the shyte going on in this country, why is she on €160,000? She shouldn't even be on half that amount. I mean this is little Ireland we are talking about. But of course you get a lot of these jobs, many even with multiple 'titles'. They have fúck all to do and fúck all to be done, with the underpaid foot soldiers having any work done. I suppose though they must be compensated for doing nothing, because these 'titles' must be a true burden to shoulder.

Anita Blow

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

This is more of the shyte going on in this country, why is she on €160,000? She shouldn't even be on half that amount. I mean this is little Ireland we are talking about. But of course you get a lot of these jobs, many even with multiple 'titles'. They have fúck all to do and fúck all to be done, with the underpaid foot soldiers having any work done. I suppose though they must be compensated for doing nothing, because these 'titles' must be a true burden to shoulder.

As Managing Director of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE), Mary Davis is responsible for overseeing the growth and development of Special Olympics across 58 countries in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

http://www.specialolympicsee.eu/ee_Our_Leaders_Mary_Davis.aspx
Not just little old Ireland.

squod

Anita Blow wrote: »

http://www.specialolympicsee.eu/ee_Our_Leaders_Mary_Davis.aspx
Not just little old Ireland.

Seen MDs of much bigger corporations on much less. Not having a swipe but thank God the general population voted her shyster mates out of government.

Son Of A Vidic

Anita Blow wrote: »

http://www.specialolympicsee.eu/ee_Our_Leaders_Mary_Davis.aspx
Not just little old Ireland.

You think a website justifies her ridiculous salary?

I love this bit from the website......

As Managing Director of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE), Mary Davis is responsible for overseeing the growth and development of Special Olympics across 58 countries in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Ah the oul shyte talk, a bit of perspective is needed. We are not talking about a global corporation here, we are talking about a charity. How she can accept such a salary is both disgusting and hypocritical.

lucylu

Chugger Queen

General General

I'd love to get in on this Charity gig... & get some of that creamy pie.

ejmaztec

The land of saints and scholars seems to have a huge shortage of the former.

Sooopie

She is a dose, and those vain, silly looking posters of her strutting like she's on a cat walk prove it, the absolute hack of her, seriously

suicide_circus

It's depressing really;
Mary Davis - establishment cronie
Gay Mitchell - rightwing career politician
Dana - eurovision winner
Martin McGuinness - terrorist
David Norris - prolific letter writer
Sean Gallagher - celebrity business man
Michael D Higgins - Yoda

Blazer

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

How she can accept such a salary is both disgusting and hypocritical.

God you've gotta love the good old irish bitterness here...if someone offering you €160,000 to do a job you'd bite their fúckin hands off...and don't bother denying it.
The fact is €160,000 a year for heads of charities is about average despite what the begrudgers think.
Another lovely fact that the other politicians are spinning is her €390,000 she received over a decade..so basically €39k a year..
Let's compare that to the rest of the candidates and it's probably peanuts to what they received.
But no...let the media twist the facts to generate more news :rolleyes:

Anita Blow

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

You think a website justifies her ridiculous salary?

I love this bit from the website......

As Managing Director of Special Olympics Europe/Eurasia (SOEE), Mary Davis is responsible for overseeing the growth and development of Special Olympics across 58 countries in Western Europe, Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

Ah the oul shyte talk, a bit of perspective is needed. We are not talking about a global corporation here, we are talking about a charity. How she can accept such a salary is both disgusting and hypocritical.

No I think the fact that she's the Managing Director of a multi-national sporting organisation spanning over 50 countries through Europe and Asia justifies her salary. While €160,000 is a big salary, it doesn't seem ridiculous for a person in her position. She's earning much less than some of the MDs of charities here and yet she's in a much higher position.
You don't know what she does, neither do I. All we can do is speculate. But as an MD, she hardly sits on her ass all day.

squod wrote: »

Seen MDs of much bigger corporations on much less.

Any examples?

Freddie59

reprazant wrote: »

Possibly.

The chief executive of Rehab gets close to half a million a year, I think.

Which is why I won't donate to Rehab anymore. I find it ludicrous to see this type of money squandered by a charity which is trying to RAISE funds.

Some fund raising on 500m.

Freddie59

beagle001 wrote: »

Mary davis is a cash hungry individual who is only seeking higher office to promote mary davis and co and has no clue about this country only her self interests and her cronies.
Her charities paying her husbands PR firms thousands,conflict of interest maybe.
I think the people of Ireland are not that stupid to vote in this fianna fail crony.

She is not unique. It is just another example of all that is wrong with salaries in general in Ireland, Inc (currently under administration).

squod

Anita Blow wrote: »

But as an MD, she hardly sits on her ass all day.

lol.

Anita Blow wrote: »

Any examples?

Give me some facts and figures for comparisons. What's the budget? How many staff on the payroll?

canhascheez

Anita Blow wrote: »

Director of a multi-national sporting organisation

It is not a sporting organisation.

Phill Ewinn

canhascheez wrote: »

It is not a sporting organisation.

It's not wha? Special Olympics is some kind of cover story for something else now?

bamboozle

Sooopie wrote: »

She is a dose, and those vain, silly looking posters of her strutting like she's on a cat walk prove it, the absolute hack of her, seriously

+1

i see her catwalk poster and presume there's a charity fashion show on somewhere locally

maygitchell

Well i think the salary is justified, Adobe charge fairly high prices for its software

Sooopie

bamboozle wrote: »

+1

i see her catwalk poster and presume there's a charity fashion show on somewhere locally

she must seriously love herself like

wouldn't mind, but when she grimaces you can see she's missing a top tooth

canhascheez

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

It's not wha? Special Olympics is some kind of cover story for something else now?

Its not a sporting organisation, its a charity.

maygitchell

HEHE!


Just donated 50c by payapl to mary davis's campaign under the name "Michael D Higgins"

Phill Ewinn

canhascheez wrote: »

Its not a sporting organisation, its a charity.

Ah here. Stop. The special olympics isn't a sporting organisation. Get off!

Plenty of athletes require donations or sponsors to help them with costs. Trainers, equipment, diet, physio etc. If your post is in the style of AH humour I applaud you. If not then I can lol.

reprazant

squod wrote: »

lol.



Give me some facts and figures for comparisons. What's the budget? How many staff on the payroll?

Well, you made the claim that there were MD's of much bigger corporations on much less, so really, you should just be able to list out a few would being given hints.

canhascheez

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

Ah here. Stop. The special olympics isn't a sporting organisation. Get off!

Plenty of athletes require donations or sponsors to help them with costs. Trainers, equipment, diet, physio etc. If your post is in the style of AH humour I applaud you. If not then I can lol.

It is a registered charity, what other sporting organisations are registered charities?

Phill Ewinn

canhascheez wrote: »

It is a registered charity, what other sporting organisations are registered charities?

So the purpose of the special olympics is to raise money for charity???? Are you for real? ? Special Olympics is a sporting organisation. It also helps raise funds for it's athletes.

vetstu

Them posters would put anyone off voting for her. Round here she has them on ten poles in a row in two places. Her supporters must be retarded thouh. Some of them are upside down.

Phill Ewinn

vetstu wrote: »

Them posters would put anyone off voting for her. Round here she has them on ten poles in a row in two places. Her supporters must be Australians though. Some of them are upside down.

FYP

Haelium

Phill Ewinn wrote: »

So the purpose of the special olympics is to raise money for charity???? Are you for real? ? Special Olympics is a sporting organisation. It also helps raise funds for it's athletes.

"Athletes" who are only considered as such due to mental deficiency. They're not exactly breaking any records.

maygitchell

Haelium wrote: »

"Athletes" who are only considered as such due to mental deficiency. They're not exactly breaking any records.

Maybe not, but their certainly breaking stereotypes, or maybe not looking at your opinon.


I now grade you a deficient and just a "poster" :rolleyes:

Oranage2

Simple fact is these CEOs of charities deal with millions and are paid accordingly -

Also when you compare the wages to a college lecturer €60k-160k - they're on pittance really

Haelium

maygitchell wrote: »

Maybe not, but their certainly breaking stereotypes, or maybe not looking at your opinon.


I now grade you a deficient and just a "poster" :rolleyes:

I am just a poster, and I have terrible English skills.

Your point?

What stereo types are they breaking?

Haelium

Oranage2 wrote: »

Simple fact is these CEOs of charities deal with millions and are paid accordingly -

Also when you compare the wages to a college lecturer €60k-160k - they're on pittance really

Yeah, 160k for "charity work" is a pittance.

kincsem

I'll go again.

Special 160K Olympics.

Oranage2

Haelium wrote: »

Yeah, 160k for "charity work" is a pittance.

See there's were you're going wrong - It's not 'charity work', it's 'working for a charity' - In order to get top people to run a million dollar charity they need to pay top dollar -


Understand now? probably not!

Haelium

Oranage2 wrote: »

See there's were you're going wrong - It's not 'charity work', it's 'working for a charity' - In order to get top people to run a million dollar charity they need to pay top dollar -


Understand now? probably not!

I highly doubt that working for the Special Olympics is among the most demanding jobs around. So explain why they need to pay "top dollar".