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An Open Letter to AILA Employeesby Kenneth RinzlerDear AILA Employee: Soon it will be December, and you know what that means: time for your annual performance evaluation to see whether you get a raise. No doubt the powers that be at AILA will tell you that the organization is in terrible financial shape, that everyone is tightening their belts, that we all must do more with less or, as the King of Siam used to say, “et cetera, et cetera, et cetera…” LOL. And besides, money isn’t everything and AILA is a great place to work, because you keep reading those press accounts which say so. So when your raise is not quite what you thought it should be (what, you don’t deserve a 27% annual increase???!!!), or possibly non-existent, read the following information about the compensation your bosses receive, as gleaned from the Federal tax returns AILA must file and which are required to be open to the public (and which I posted earlier today on the Message Center), and content yourself with the knowledge that any organization which can pay its top four officers 21% of the organization’s entire payroll expense must be doing something right. Right?
Don’t settle! Ask for more money! Stand up for yourself!I have the 2010 Form 990. I am speechless. Where to begin? This should be required reading for every member of AILA.
2. For calendar year 2010, AILA had 57 employees (page 1)
3. Highest paid employees: Crystal Williams at $226,896 salary plus perks reported for a total of $248,257; Susan Quarles at $205,841/$226,204, Robert Deasy at $165,237/$181,771, and Tatia Gordon Troy at $121,493 (Page 11 of form, plus Schedule J, page 2). So four people earn a total of $725,555 in salary plus another $60,497 in "other compensation" (page 11) Other employees paid a total of $3,395,153 (page13). Thus the four top-paid employees receive about 21% of all salaries paid, with the other 53 persons receiving the remaining 79%. Doesn't sound too equitable for an organization devoted to justice for all, does it?
4. Annual conference took in $2,103,087 in revenue (page 12)
5. Banks and credit card fees of $324,971 (page 13)
6. Savings and temporary cash investments of $2,901,706 (page 14)
7. $4,274,368 collected in dues (page 22)
8. $296,881 given to the American Immigration Council (Schedule I)
9. How salaries are determined: "The National Officers conduct a written performance review of the Executive Director annually in December. They are provided with comparability data for CEO's and a salary range. They make the compensation decision. The Executive Director reviews written performance evaluations of all key employees and comparability data for each position in December. Salary decisions are based on a stated formula that is tied to the written evaluation." (page 36, following up on Part VI, Section B, Line 15)
Here are the figures from the 2009 tax return:
2. Susan Quarles went from $203,000 to (2010's) $$226,000.
3. Tatia Gordon Troy wasn't listed in the 2009 return.
4. But Theresa Waters, past and current Senior HR Director, was and she made $141,509 in 2009.
5. Robert Deasy went from $172,000 to $181,000.
6. Jeanne Butterfield earned $180,000 in 2009.
7. In 2009 both Jeanne Butterfield and Crystal Williams were listed as Executive Directors (neither as a Deputy or anything else), with a total compensation package of $375,000 ($195,000 for Crystal Williams and $180,000 for Jeanne Butterfield).
Sorry, but not only are these salaries not justified, but the annual raises these people receive are unconscionable. And it took pulling teeth to get the information. Both our "leadership" and senior staff need to be more forthcoming and transparent about these important issues.
Yours,
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