My work has been going around asking everyone to sign up for doing some volunteer work for the community. Now, I don’t mind doing volunteer work for a good cause, especially if it benefits regular folk like me, but when they handed me the sign up sheet, it was plastered with all of the companies that would be volunteering. This really got me to thinking. Why are these companies getting the credit and accolades? I am the one volunteering my time, and worse, the company tries to give me a free t-shirt to wear while doing it. I refused. Everyone, if your company wants you to wear your gear while you volunteer, then ask for pay. I wont be a free billboard for your company and let you get credit for doing the community good. Once again it is the workers who are exploited while the companies take credit and do none of the work.