You may as well donate to the Human fund.
The same thing happened to my mother.
Teachers were told to give and if not, their names were announced.
It is truly appalling
I refuse to donate to any charity which has any employee that makes more than I do, simply because I know that money is going into the pockets of people who do not need it. I’d rather give to my church, or any number of local community groups where I can verify that most of the money is going to help those who are in need.
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I refuse.
I give to the charity of my choice, my way.
And yes, it’s extortion.
My advice is to give directly to the charity of your choice, keep the receipt for tax purposes, and show it (with redacted amount) to your boss if he/she presses the point. They don’t give a crap about the United Way; they’re playing a corporate numbers game.
Just say that you contribute to your charities directly, and don't believe in middlemen skimming your contributions off the top.
When I was pressured by my company to donate to United Way, I made a one-time contribution of $1.00.
That gets them off your back as they can proclaim their company is 100%.
Tell them you don’t support abortion providers and ask if there’s someone else you can give your donation to.
I give to the Boy Scouts.
If push comes to shove and you want to keep your job, donate to whoever and live with it.
The United Way has always been a pressured donation from my experience in the ‘70 when I was in the Military and in my civilian jobs with large companies.
/johnny
I used to work for a phone company where there was pressure to give to united way. I was in the union at the time and basically said (under my breath) FU, and just ignored them.
United Way has a huge overhead, their top person gets paid very well.
Better to donate to the Salvation Army.
Mike
When the United Way stopped supporting the Boy Scouts because of their no-gay-troop-leaders stance, I stopped supporting the United Way.
At a former employer, we were shamefully intimidated and coerced to contribute.
The employer (at that time) provided no health care plan for workers yet was forcing us to contribute, so disadvantaged/underserved could have medical attention on OUR nickel. (BTW I made so little, I qualified for government assistance, MYSELF-HA!!)
Also, I REALLY resent the overly emotional appeal they make every year when they'd be more credible if they were LESS emotional.
Years ago Xerox tried to force me to pay into United Way. I told them I was working directly with the Charity of MY choice and that when I gave them MY money, it went into the charity’s bank account right away.
Then I explained that United Way cheats by playing funny games. Say you promise $10 a month for a year and then change jobs six months later. United Way cooks the books to say that you paid $60 and owe $60, so the net to the charity is $0.
I was TOLD I was wrong and a United Way representative was brought into the discussion who then confirmed the above. Sadly, Xerox then escalated pressure on me. I told Xerox’s campaign manager and the Human Resources rodent that they were trying to coerce me and we should ‘go formal’ under California’s employee law if they wanted to keep pushing.
So after I left Xerox and only use their products reluctantly. So as far as I am concert, both Xerox and the United Way are scum sucking gutter inhabitants.
They dropped the Boy Scouts because they won’t have homosexual scoutmasters. Don’t give to them.
I’ve been there before. Sometimes I gave, sometimes I did not (when I did, I directed my contribution but I’ve heard that they just make up the difference by trimming the amount they give that group out of the general fund). I no longer work there.
People need to take to reporting employers that “require” this since it cannot be legally binding for employment.