In a span of 3 weeks I’ve been put into so many different team chats all asking for donations and money towards various things. First it was for a teammates baby shower — okay fine I donated $30. Then adopt a family, then a turkey drive, then another teammate fostered a child so our boss keeps asking if we can contribute towards a gift card for her.
Don’t get me wrong I know it’s not “required” but they still make you feel bad. On Friday she even sent a message “Just sending a reminder about this since it’s payday”. I love helping when I can but we are normal employees, mostly trying to survive ourselves. These billion dollar companies should be solely contributing to all causes themselves!