Part-time Heros and Heroines

[TheShadow]

Yes, "volunteer" sort of implies unpaid. If you're paid, then you're an employee, not a volunteer. The volunteers mainly help the staff with activities, like helping them with crafts, or assisting with the lunch service, etc.

[SunGrins]

So do these places hire part-timers?

[selhars]

I'm not even retired yet, and I'm already discovering that there areal kinds of part-time jobs out there.
A person just has to find one they want, or that fits their needs, availability, pay, etc.

There's:
-- regular part-time (where you have to be there year round, set days, they set your schedule)
-- remote/WFH
-- part-time seasonal
-- part-time temporary
-- starting one's own business
-- temp agency assignments
-- or.... gig economy, and a subcategory of that is instant pay, or paid same-day

I just found out about a new one of those -- sudshare -- doing laundry for people who don't want to do their own. You sign up, and start getting orders (if there are any clients in your area). You have to pick the laundry up and delivery back NEXT DAY. 24 hour turn-around is a must. you get paid .75 a pound -- for pick up, wash, dry, fold, and return. Some orders have special instructions like which detergent to use, air dry, etc.

I don't know I that would work for me..gas spent on pick up/delivery, increased water bill, wear and tear on my washer, etc..
But it's a gig. Supposedly stay-at-home moms and students are picking up the work.

As an old fogie, I just marvel that there's an app for any activity that a person is willing to pay someone else to do. Who knew? I'm stuck back in the old days of Grub Hub and Instacart.

[Lodestar]

Originally Posted by SunGrins

So do these places hire part-timers?

I don't know that they do. And I doubt most places are willing to afford it. Generally the ones there who get paid have degrees and thus are expensive to hire. Thanks to laws for this and that are meant to enhance but which sometimes hinder.

How many people with degrees want to wander around and clean people's eyeglasses? And the others who have that in their job descriptions are too busy dealing with more serious work like mobility issues, diet, pain. And still, having clean eyeglasses and fresh drinking water can do much to enhance quality of life.

Fortunately I don't need the extra money at this time in my life and don't want the obligation which comes with being paid. But I see the point. I've misinterpreted the thread title.

No, in retirement I continue to do a lot of part-time stuff I don't get paid for just like when I was a wife and mother and had a career. Same as it ever was.

But I do feel the need to get out and be useful and think it's a healthy thing for me.

[TheShadow]

Originally Posted by SunGrins

So do these places hire part-timers?

By "hire" are you asking about volunteers or employees? Volunteers generally work as much or as little as they want, within any guidelines of the place you're volunteering at. Employees might be full or part-time, whatever the employer has budgeted. I'm sure employees actually have a lot more responsibility than helping with crafts and wiping eyeglasses.

[springfieldva]

Originally Posted by TheShadow

Yes, "volunteer" sort of implies unpaid. If you're paid, then you're an employee, not a volunteer. The volunteers mainly help the staff with activities, like helping them with crafts, or assisting with the lunch service, etc.

I've done a fair amount of volunteer work over the years and, yes, it is unpaid work. Most of the time I was expected to be somewhere on certain dates and at certain times whether it was stuffing envelopes at the kids' schools or making a visit to socialize and take care of rescue animals. If I was not going to be able to make it in at my assigned time, I always called in which happened pretty rarely.

I am working again and I get a schedule and a paycheck. I am expected to do the work that my managers need done, when it needs to be done and within the time frame they need it done.

I find both types of work (unpaid and paid) to be rewarding in their own ways.