Posted on 10/06/2009 10:19:09 AM PDT by End Times Sentinel
Hi folks,
I’m sure some of you can help me out with this problem: My jerk boss has appointed me to help collect donations for the United Way, and there’s really not a way out of it. I was hoping to collect information related to the wonderful things they do, like misuse of charitable funds, black listing the Boy Scouts because they wouldn’t allow homosexual men to take boys on overnight camping trips, etc.
Does anyone have more info that might be helpful in me driving my unit’s pledge total to $0 this year?
STAY AWAY from the United Way. A leftist sewer.
STAY AWAY from the United Way. A leftist sewer.
They donate to ACORN.
tell your Boss,you don’t support the UW and probably wouldn’t make a good candidate to canvass
Tell your boss the employess demanded a “Choice” and you let them choose between The United Way or Boy Scouts of America.
I quit giving to the United Way over the Boy Scouts, their intimidation of workers by bosses who get bonuses for $ collected and their President stealing millions. All of the United Way executives make a fortune which is ridiculous for a charity.
Claim it violates your religious beliefs, and bow out.
It’s your job, just do it. United Way is a sham of a charity.
Ask your boss to include Salvation Army as a donor choice.
Yeah, my company really pushes UW HARD around here. However, I politely tell them that I’ve donated to another charity, and that’s that.
IMHO, your boss got you ‘volunteered’; so you don’t have to be a cheerleader, and it’s career suicide to be an ‘anti-cheerleader’. So, do like I did.
Pass out the forms, tell them they may donate as much or as little as they feel compelled to do, collect the forms - and keep your opinions to yourself.
Do your job, nothing more, nothing less. If you collect millions from suckers - it’s not your money. If you collect nothing, your job title is not to support the United Way.
Just do what you have been told to do. Anything else, and you will open yourself up to retaliation.
The plus side is she somehow won Twins season tickets for doing it.
When I was working (retired now) it was political suicide to not donate to UW since the campaign was run by execs who would use the “success” for photo ops and positive publicity.
I discovered that I could direct my contribution to the charity of my choice, in my case a local Catholic group.
Since there are a number of charities on the list I do not support, I don't support the United Way but rather donate directly to the Boy Scouts.
You just stated the main reason I stopped donating to this fund years ago — the black listing of the Boy Scouts for not allowing homoped access to young boys. Lesser reasons include; misuse of funds, excessive overhead charges, and charitable monopoly that the UW seems to have excluding all competition. I would never give them a dime.
Seriesly. You could go in to a big tirade about job descriptions and all that. Does he have authority to make you do it? Is it part of your job description? If so, suck it up.
I would tell my boss ‘no’ because it has absolutely nothing to do with my job. Of course, we are pretty good friends, so....
Well, I haven’t donated to the United Way in decades because of their twisted activities. But I’m not sure if you want to get into a political brawl with your “jerk boss,” especially when new jobs are nearly impossible to find.
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