Do you have a big enough team to manage the work that you’re assigned?

My team is too small, that’s just a fact. I’ve worked at two major non profits and it’s interesting to see how marketing (and shared departments in general) are frequently understaffed.

How many people are on your team and is it enough to cover all the work that must be completed?

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We're a team of 3 and we could double the size and not run out of work. Especially considering how often other teams throw tasks our way as if we are the default overflow employees.

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1000% this. We could double our team size and have plenty to go around. There’s so much we are trying to do and not enough hands available.

Oh we absolutely do not have enough people on our team. I am constantly hounding my boss about hiring and she puts up ads to hire but nobody wants to work here with the low pay and that is part of the problem. We are literally always understaffed which means everyone is doing way more work than we can even get done in an 8 hour day.

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That is super frustrating. Have you experienced a lot of turnover on your team because of it?

I would give anything to be able to effectively scale. I always feel short handed, and with a team where everyone is wearing multiple hats. To have more people able to work and collaborate together would be a dream.

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