Just started a new job. I haven’t even finished onboarding yet or received my first paycheck. Was unemployed for a while before this, so the check is really needed.
Today during my first managers meeting a topic was staff gifts. They said that the company doesn’t pay for holiday gifts for employees and instead all the managers pool their personal money to buy people something. And I’m expected to contribute something along the lines of $2000 USD. Excuse me?!
I don’t even know all the staff yet and haven’t worked with any of them. Shouldn’t managers be advocating our company to pay for gifts out of company dollars instead of using our own funds? Wtf