i am livid. :angryfire my employer is a large health system and we've just been informed that they're going to participate in *four* charity drives through the year. the last time we were solicited, i simply ignored the request. i've got my own charities that i support and i don't need anyone hitting on my paycheck for something i may or may not wish to support.
today we got another solicitation from a different charity -- but now, per my manager, we are *required* to go on the company website and enter our contribution. if we do not wish to participate, we still have to go on the company intranet and document a contribution of $0.
as far as i'm concerned, this borders on extortion. my giving is no one's business but my own. and no one can convince me that big brother is not poring over those records, deciding who is or is not a good corporate citizen, and figuring it into evaluation/performance/promotion decisions.
everyone in our small specialty office agrees that this crosses the line, and we are simply refusing to respond. we've told the office manager (who agrees with us but is just the messenger here.) she only asked that we contact her boss and make it clear that we are refusing (her boss is also very cool, and i feel bad for her because she too is being pressured by the suits in corporate.)
is this common? i've been through once-a-year campaigns by a certain large us charity (not mentioning any names), but have never been asked to document a "thanks-but-no-thanks." and knowing this is going to occur every quarter makes me want to
btw, the charity in question is one that i would actually support voluntarily. but under the circumstances -- forget it!
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