Do P99 Devs, GMs and Guides Have Jobs?

[Alawen]

Harry and a couple other loud voices like to shout about P99 staff not doing their jobs, which got me to wondering: do they technically have jobs if they're volunteers?

My first inclination is to check the definition. Job is a word with a lot of uses, of course, but the definitions from multiple dictionaries that fit this context are inextricably tied to the concepts of pay and employment.

However, English is a rapidly changing language and dictionary definitions can lag usage. So I thought about contemporary usage I experience. I volunteer some of my time myself, so I know other people who volunteer there, and I also have many friends who volunteer for other things. One of my friends sits on the board of directors for a significant regional charity. No one I know speaks of their volunteer work as a job. Volunteer work is always distinct from employment, both in conversation and when written on a C.V.

So does anyone on the P99 staff have a job? If they're not getting paid, then the answer is no. They're volunteers. The RnF trolls shouting about staff not doing their jobs are not only rude and ungrateful, they're also factually incorrect.