At our company Xmas party 10 out of 150 guests "won" prizes or gifts ranging from $50 to $200 gift certificates. After that our human resoures manager asked them to donate their gifts to a needy family that our company is sponsoring this year. The employees of our company have already donated a percentage of our paychecks to this family which our company did not match. so therefore our company has done nothing for this family while the employees already have. Now, since this was in front of 150 people, of course the employees who '"won" the gifts felt obligated to donate them. Do you think it was proper of our human resources manager to put these people on the spot like that? By the way, I wasnt one of them, only an observer.
2006-12-05 17:27:47 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
Yeah I do think it was wrong. Why give a gift if your just going to ask for it back. Their wrong for doing that.
2006-12-05 17:37:51 · answer #1 · answered by Diana 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's not right but then again it isn't wrong. Essentially It's not about what the company isn't doing as unfair as it may be , it's really about the people who are receiving the donation. It's mainly wrong because your company should easily be able to top whatever donation they ask of their employees but just because they are selfish doesn't mean you guys should be either. But then again charity should always be optional. My company has a fund to protect it's workers against things like expensive funerals and natural disasters. It's optional to donate money to the fund and you choose to or not to. The only they say is if you don't think about how it would feel to lose your home, job, and life, to a hurricane before you make that decision. It's pressure because most people won't want to do it but it's not really a big deal they take out like $2 a paycheck. Really we're the gift cards all that great, It was probably some place crappy like Staples anyway right?
2006-12-05 17:40:40 · answer #2 · answered by LoveLeighe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why not? The key word is ask not demand, If I were one of the rescipiants I might have said I would like to think about it and then after an hour or so say I would like to keep my gift but please put an extra Ten dollars in the gift for the needy family with my compliments
2006-12-05 17:32:59 · answer #3 · answered by devora k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely not. If people had already willingly donated to this family then they should not have been made to feel shamed into giving more. I just love how some companies will offer charity, naming themselves as the donors, when in fact its the employees that are giving all.
2006-12-05 17:39:42 · answer #4 · answered by slknspphr3645 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
How graceless, to say the least!
Here's what I would have done: when asked if I would make a donation to a needy family, I'd have to summon up a tear, and say: "What a fine suggestion. I know just the one." (forgetting to mention that it was mine). Then, quick as a flash, I'd have folded the check and slipped it into my breast pocket so as to have my hand empty to shake hands with the presenter.
"Merry Christmas!" I'd have said, and then left the stage.
What a bunch of losers.
2006-12-05 17:42:12 · answer #5 · answered by silvercomet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not right; it's tacky.
If the HR manager wanted the gifts donated then she shouldn't have made them prizes in the first place.
2006-12-05 17:41:32 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Tell the HR Manager to get an education or do something fitting for her background such as cleaning the toilet. Tell her you have needy families of your own that needs your support and ask for your money that she took away without your permission or you will personally take her to court.
2006-12-05 17:38:11 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it would only be wrong if they told them that they HAD to donate their gift to charity. As long as they left it open to an answer of no....then i don't see much wrong with it.
2006-12-05 17:38:01 · answer #8 · answered by Andrea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is never considered proper for someone to ask for charity, for themselves or others, so blanket answer would be no.
However, the employees could simply have said "no". Whether they felt obligated to or not, they had the option to say no and politely explain their reasoning why they refused.
2006-12-05 17:31:29 · answer #9 · answered by Jaded 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It wasn't right but whenever did that stop human resources from doing anything. They don't care what you think about it either. If I had won you better believe that I'd keep it.
2006-12-05 17:31:57 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋