Balding Eagle Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 As I sit in my office wishing I could make a career change, I see a local council is looking for a DE. Does anyone know what a DE earns? I know they put in a lot of hours usually nights and weekends, but I am curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr56 Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 Not entirely sure, but I think in the range of 30-35,000 per year would be pretty close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EagleInKY Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 That's the number I've heard too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManyIrons Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 B.E., Here's a link with some valuable information for you: http://www.scouting.org/hr/index.html Best of luck. M.I. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hotdesk Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I was just reading a 2004 Scouting Magazine and they said that the starting salary for a DE is $35,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank10 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Around here you better have a well paid wife if you want to live indoors and eat warm food on that kind of pay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balding Eagle Posted March 22, 2006 Author Share Posted March 22, 2006 Thank you everyone for the info. Well, since I live in NJ and my wife is a SAHM, I guess my dreams of a career change will have to remain on hold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eagle69 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 I know a couple of volunteers that tried to make being a DE a second career and didn't like it. You go from worrying about program and the boys to worrying about the number of boys, number of units and how much money you need to raise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank10 Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Eagle69: "You go from worrying about program and the boys to worrying about the number of boys, number of units and how much money you need to raise." I think that's why so many DE's fail at their jobs. If they spent more time looking at the program then the numbers would take care of them selves. (But that's another topic) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scoutingagain Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 BE, You may be interested in this approach to a career change: "OTTAWA (Reuters) - A bored Canadian bureaucrat fed up with office drudgery is seeking C$1 million ($860,000) in donations so he can quit his job and "do something that makes a difference in my life and the lives of others." The unnamed man, who claims to have worked for a large civil service organization for over 10 years, has set up a Web site -- saveabureaucrat.com -- on which he explains he is desperate to escape his job. "After a while it starts to sap the energy and soul out of you and you realize that you have become a true bureaucrat ... I feel like an old curmudgeon frustrated by having to deal with paper being passed around at a snail's pace," he writes. "Retirement will free up my time for volunteer activities such as tutoring children and counseling people who are going through rough patches in their life. On a daily basis I will be a much more pleasant person to be around," he adds. Despite promising not to spend donations on "Rolls-Royce cars, 10 bedroom houses, airplanes," the bored civil servant has quite a way to go. As of Wednesday morning, five sympathetic souls had sent in a total of just C$59.26." SA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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