While I do not see a source for this alleged email / letter from ATT, my own employer who happens to be a large multinational Bank worth trillions of dollars sends a very similar email every year encouraging employees to contribute to the corporate pack. It is very heavily frowned upon if we do not. I will also note that the large multinational bank that I work for was a huge Barack Obama supporter. I have never contributed to the corporate pack and despite being an IT leadership and a large multinational corporate bank, my career has stalled since 2007. G I wonder why?
I haven’t worked in the corporate world for a long time, so all I know about is United Way. A few years ago, I taught in a workplace literacy program for a community college. The local Democrat boss was a big shot on the college’s board. Because my classes were held in factories, I rarely had to go to the campus. One late afternoon I did stop by the office and everyone was gone except for the receptionist. She told they had all gone to some kind of campaign function held by the Democrat boss. I got the impression it was expected that they go. I was so far off anyone’s radar that I didn’t even get an invite. :)