I’m curious to know what everyone thinks about this gifting practice at a popular beauty chain that most of you routinely shop at. Hell, I’ll name names. Ulta.
New hires are often paid pennies above minimum wage at $8 per hour and receive no benefits. Despite the poor pay, management requires each employee to donate $5 for the general managers birthday and Christmas. $5 can be the difference between eating dinner and going without for some people. Management pesters and intimidates many employees who’re very young and lack the experience to properly stand up for themselves. This practice causes significant stress for many workers but everyone just does it without question for fear of being “that” employee who rocks the boat.
Am I wrong in thinking that this is highly unethical and inappropriate? Should we be required to gift up the pyramid? I’ve seen managers buying their manager a gift but never requiring the average employee to chip in. If anything, I think management should buy employees a gift as a thank you for making the goals that they bonus on. Better yet, how about we just stop expecting people to spend their money in the workplace? Assuming people are financially sound is just wrong.