Most people are already aware that some big corporations donate to charitable organizations. The two main reasons for donating are so they can receive a tax deduction and to improve the company's image with the public. This is a good a business practic. Most people wouldn't have any objections with this, but what if the company you are working for donates in their name using the money that came from your pocket.
Dish network takes the "low road", when they donate. They make their donations to legitament charities (like March Of Dime, Race For The Cure, Habitat For Humanity, and a few others). The way they raise the money has angered me and my fellow employees.
Dish network facilities have a business casual dress code (no jeans or t-shirts) on the week days. During certain months dish network will try to get employees to donate to the charity that dish is supporting that month by selling "jeans passes" . Here is how it works, dish will sell the passes to employees for $20.00. Once an employee buys a pass he or she will be able to wear jeans during that month.
The reason I don't like this is, because dish network is spending less than a quater to make their "jeans pass". The money that dish gets off the passes is donated to a charity only under dish network's name (not the employees) The bottom line is that most of the money that dish network donates to a charity is not from their profits or from Charlie Ergen, it comes from the employees wallets. I have bought some of the "jeans passes" before.One day I was curious to see if I would see on a pay stub where I donated. I was told that the $20.00 I spend only bought me the right to wear jeans that month, but I was donating to a good cause.
We are not required to buy the jeans pass, but any time we don't get one some manager will always ask "where is your jeans pass?" The know we don't have to buy the passes either but it doesn't mean they won't try to peer pressure some one into buying a jeans pass. I will not buy anymore jeans passes as long as I work there.
If you don't believe me you view the twitter account for my call center under user name: CSC_TUL .
Dish network takes the "low road", when they donate. They make their donations to legitament charities (like March Of Dime, Race For The Cure, Habitat For Humanity, and a few others). The way they raise the money has angered me and my fellow employees.
Dish network facilities have a business casual dress code (no jeans or t-shirts) on the week days. During certain months dish network will try to get employees to donate to the charity that dish is supporting that month by selling "jeans passes" . Here is how it works, dish will sell the passes to employees for $20.00. Once an employee buys a pass he or she will be able to wear jeans during that month.
The reason I don't like this is, because dish network is spending less than a quater to make their "jeans pass". The money that dish gets off the passes is donated to a charity only under dish network's name (not the employees) The bottom line is that most of the money that dish network donates to a charity is not from their profits or from Charlie Ergen, it comes from the employees wallets. I have bought some of the "jeans passes" before.One day I was curious to see if I would see on a pay stub where I donated. I was told that the $20.00 I spend only bought me the right to wear jeans that month, but I was donating to a good cause.
We are not required to buy the jeans pass, but any time we don't get one some manager will always ask "where is your jeans pass?" The know we don't have to buy the passes either but it doesn't mean they won't try to peer pressure some one into buying a jeans pass. I will not buy anymore jeans passes as long as I work there.
If you don't believe me you view the twitter account for my call center under user name: CSC_TUL .
