My company runs an annual fundraising drive for a well known charity which I'll call Combined Direction.
Two weeks ago they held a mandatory team meeting for all employees at a local conference center to kick off this years campaign. It's the same as before: "you don't HAVE to give, it's YOUR choice, but we're going to beat you over the head with it as much as we can regardless of what you do."
What was funny is, in one of the several presentations we received on how awesome this charity is and how important it is to give, the presenter (who I think was one of our HR guys) repeatedly stated the company was NOT trying to pressure us into giving.
Hmmm...sure you're not.
Look I have no problem with people who want to give. I give to charities too, just not to this particular one and it gets old going through this every year. Out of a two hour meeting, approximately 25 minutes were actual company business, 15 or so was promotions/giveaways and the remaining hour and a bit was dedicated to the charity drive.
But no, no pressure here at all folks.
Two weeks ago they held a mandatory team meeting for all employees at a local conference center to kick off this years campaign. It's the same as before: "you don't HAVE to give, it's YOUR choice, but we're going to beat you over the head with it as much as we can regardless of what you do."
What was funny is, in one of the several presentations we received on how awesome this charity is and how important it is to give, the presenter (who I think was one of our HR guys) repeatedly stated the company was NOT trying to pressure us into giving.
Hmmm...sure you're not.
Look I have no problem with people who want to give. I give to charities too, just not to this particular one and it gets old going through this every year. Out of a two hour meeting, approximately 25 minutes were actual company business, 15 or so was promotions/giveaways and the remaining hour and a bit was dedicated to the charity drive.
But no, no pressure here at all folks.
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