Comments on: Highly compensated http://esaleaks.org/2011/12/highly-compensated/ The voice of the Esalen community and ancestors Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:04:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Anonymous http://esaleaks.org/2011/12/highly-compensated/#comment-55 Anonymous Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:31:31 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=357#comment-55 The above is incorrect. Scott Stillinger is the Director or Human Resources and Education. So, that would make Eric Moya the Director of Residential Education, which, I suppose, is "under" Education, so we have one Director subordinate to another. Huh???? I'd like to know which is higher than which between Advancement and Marketing, since these roles also overlap. Advancement, as I understand it, includes what would traditionally be known as "Development" (which is fundraising), as well as aspects of PR, Marketing, and...Branding! And, why the FUCK do we have a Director of Financial Services instead of a CFO??? Who are we "serving" financially? We ain't a bank. There are only two accurate titles I can imagine to describe this position, and they are: "Director of Financial Stuff" and "Someone Who Is Like a CFO, Except Without Any Actual Power Over Financial Decision Making." I am so glad Esalen is at the forefront of corporate experimentation. We can show the business world how to make puppets out of their executives and hover excitingly near the red. The above is incorrect. Scott Stillinger is the Director or Human Resources and Education. So, that would make Eric Moya the Director of Residential Education, which, I suppose, is “under” Education, so we have one Director subordinate to another. Huh???? I’d like to know which is higher than which between Advancement and Marketing, since these roles also overlap. Advancement, as I understand it, includes what would traditionally be known as “Development” (which is fundraising), as well as aspects of PR, Marketing, and…Branding! And, why the FUCK do we have a Director of Financial Services instead of a CFO??? Who are we “serving” financially? We ain’t a bank. There are only two accurate titles I can imagine to describe this position, and they are: “Director of Financial Stuff” and “Someone Who Is Like a CFO, Except Without Any Actual Power Over Financial Decision Making.” I am so glad Esalen is at the forefront of corporate experimentation. We can show the business world how to make puppets out of their executives and hover excitingly near the red.

]]> By: Anonymous http://esaleaks.org/2011/12/highly-compensated/#comment-26 Anonymous Tue, 06 Dec 2011 20:19:22 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=357#comment-26 The situation of "directorship" is much worse than in 2009. In addition to Gordon, Nancy and Tricia we now have directors of: 1. Human Resources 2. Financial Services 3. Guest Services 4. Operations 5. Residential Education 6. "Advancement" 7. Programs (with Nancy Lunney-Wheeler as an additional, compensated, "Executive Director") 8. Marketing Each of these positions is paid from $60-$130K and carries from one to three assistants. The situation of “directorship” is much worse than in 2009. In addition to Gordon, Nancy and Tricia we now have directors of:

1. Human Resources
2. Financial Services
3. Guest Services
4. Operations
5. Residential Education
6. “Advancement”
7. Programs (with Nancy Lunney-Wheeler as an additional, compensated, “Executive Director”)
8. Marketing

Each of these positions is paid from $60-$130K and carries from one to three assistants.

]]> By: Anonymous http://esaleaks.org/2011/12/highly-compensated/#comment-22 Anonymous Mon, 05 Dec 2011 07:57:48 +0000 http://esaleaks.org/?p=357#comment-22 As the wages shown are "reportable compensation" (W2/1099) they are not necessarily total compensation since they do not reflect pretax deductions such as contributions to Eslaen's 403b retirement plan (up to $16,500 in 2009) and IRA accounts or expense account costs (in addition to travel and hotels, think of any restaurant meal where Esalen is mentioned in conversation as being eligible to be charged as an expense, books, subscriptions and anything else that can be rationalized). As the wages shown are “reportable compensation” (W2/1099) they are not necessarily total compensation since they do not reflect pretax deductions such as contributions to Eslaen’s 403b retirement plan (up to $16,500 in 2009) and IRA accounts or expense account costs (in addition to travel and hotels, think of any restaurant meal where Esalen is mentioned in conversation as being eligible to be charged as an expense, books, subscriptions and anything else that can be rationalized).

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