Their corporate fund drives encourage low-level managers to engage in arm-twisting and knee-capping for donations, so that they look good for the higher-ups. Ditto for the higher-ups so that they look good in the newspaper because they have "100% participation".
Meanwhile, I look at the exorbitant salaries that the UW directors pull down. Also, I'm sure that their commercials that run continuously (esp. during football season) aren't free, either.
I've never seen a commercial for any of the charities that I donate to.
My experience was that participation in the United way had no bearing on promotions unless you were a Senior Manager. Face it, you aren’t going to pass over a guy simply because he didn’t give to the UW. But in the upper ranks, it is viewed as “insubordination”.
I never gave.
Ya. When I was at BofA we had a departamental “credit meeting” which turned out to be a hard sell UW meeting complete with this total jerk of a spokesman. I was so very pissed.
I did appreciate the corporate officer trade they have. They took our VP for a year: a woman who everyone hated. It was nice to have her gone for a while
American corporations lean socialist and the public is unaware. They think because those at the top loot the wealth of the companies, they are "capitalists".
The politburo does well. The rest do not. 2 systems. George Orwell said that under Communism, "all animals are equal, some are more equal than others".
There is NO reason to mandate that employees give to liberal United Way. Even if you target your contribution, you are still feeding the beast.
There is NO reason to indoctrinate employees on politically correct re-education seminars on the environment, homosexuality, et al. Employees can work cooperatively without being "retaught" that sin is not sin or that MAN is killing the planet and must bow before Lord Algore.