Land of Oz

Management Monkeyshines

I'm not the only one who's bothered by stuff like this. I was talking business to someone today during lunch about stuff and this came up. Lately one of the managers sent out an email to those under him "suggesting" a donation to a local charity drive their company is pushing. He not only suggested donating, but let them know what he considered a minimum amount and that the minimum should be accompanied by appropriate additional amount. I guess the amounts are fairly low, but that is besides the point.

This to me is much worse than the never-ending whines that fellow workers have for buying candy and cookies their kids, church groups, kids groups, sports teams, etc. want to sell. Then there's the folks who want you to support one or another of their favorite charities. It's bad enough when they put down flyers and stuff on your desk, but now they even send you emails using the company's mail service.

I know I'm not alone, but perhaps it bugs me more than most about stuff like this. I think the workplace should be kept the workplace. If the company wants to support a certain charity, they should make it known what it is, but shouldn't send you specific amount that they want you to pay. To me this is defeating the purpose of what a charity is supposed to be about. Maybe I'm making too much about this kind of thing, but I don't happen to like it. Bah, humbug.