Thread:Noreplyz/@comment-47873996-20210116115156/@comment-5811199-20210117013253

Hey there, yes there are many volunteers on Fandom, and there is generally a clear line between volunteers and employed Staff. Staff are paid, either have contracted hours or work part time/full time, and receive benefits required by American law.

Volunteers don't have a set schedule or set number of hours, and they are all willing to spend their time for free to help out on Fandom. There's generally no requirement to actually do work, though if people are inactive for long they can be removed from the volunteer role.

We basically do it because we either find some benefit from doing it (for example, I build tools for volunteer teams to make their lives easier - and this helps me work on fun side projects and build my coding knowledge) - or they enjoy the community and want to give back to them, more than just from editing or being an admin.