Timeline for As a team leader is it appropriate to bring in fundraiser candy?
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| Sep 28, 2019 at 9:00 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/StackWorkplace/status/1177870702730452992 | ||
| Sep 26, 2019 at 19:35 | comment | added | seventyeightist | What about the students whose parents don't work so don't have the ability to "take them to work"? I'd be inclined to come out in solidarity with those parents and refuse to take part, but it's also a genuine question about what happens in that situation. Surely it isn't mandatory. Do you actually feel you want to contribute to this, aside from the perceived 'misuse of the team leader position' aspect? Team leader or not your kids' school shouldn't be funded by donations from co-workers - especially as that must be a tiny amount compared to what it costs to run a school! | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 19:21 | answer | added | Crowley | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 15:48 | comment | added | CaffeineAddiction | IMO, buy the box out of pocket ... and provide candy bars w/ performance reviews. Put the extra in the break room. If your a team lead, you can prob afford it w/ out breaking a sweat and you will make your team and your kids happy. | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 2:56 | answer | added | Monica Cellio | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 26, 2019 at 0:11 | history | protected | mcknz | ||
| Sep 25, 2019 at 23:12 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 3 | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 23:01 | comment | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | @mbrig I usually see a human pushing them. Partly, they want to make sure people aren't stealing or paying the $1 they think the bar is worth. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 20:28 | comment | added | mbrig | @eMBee When I've seen these in workplaces, they've often been an honour system: box of candy bars with a donation style (drop slot) box beside it, and a price tag. The expectation somewhat clearly being on the parent/hockey team member/etc to "sell" them. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 19:53 | comment | added | Upper_Case | MisterPositive's comment is even more important than a general company culture thing: it's difficult to navigate between 15+ fundraising drives, all the same but broken out into different "seller" children. Like, 15 students from the same school all having their parents bring candy into the same workplace for sale during the same fundraising drive. If it's more common, the team lead status might be more of an issue if people think it directs more sales towards your children, specifically. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 14:27 | answer | added | Pete B. | timeline score: 5 | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 12:56 | comment | added | TOOGAM | @Ilakoni : Candy, possibly of somewhat higher than average quality, sold for a notably higher price. Customers typically know that they are overpaying, but are satisfied to do so because they know the profits are funding something good, so customers feel somewhat charitable. Girl Scouts is famous for doing this, not with candy, but with cookies. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 12:33 | comment | added | eMBee | as a side note, who is supposed to sell the candies? i don't know how it works with schools, but when scouts have fundraisers, a part of the point is that the kids do the work to raise their own funds, and not let the parents do it. so i would refuse and explain why it's important that the kids sell the candies themselves. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 10:59 | comment | added | Paul D. Waite | “Conscientious and willing to learn, but frequently looks like they have low blood sugar.” | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 9:05 | comment | added | Jasper | @PeterPaff Good point. I'd still like that to be explicit in the question, though. (I'd edit, but I don't exactly know what the most natural way to add it is in this instance, perhaps because I don't know the American culture about this kind of thing) | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 8:51 | comment | added | Based | @Jasper "...making sure my team doesn't feel obligated to buy..." makes it pretty obvious that it's the latter. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 7:53 | comment | added | Jasper | Could you clarify what you mean with "taking it to work"? I assumed it meant you bought a box and rather than eat them all yourself, you'd put them in the break room at work, but the answers seem to assume that you're taking them to work to sell them there on behalf of your child. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 22:09 | answer | added | computercarguy | timeline score: 2 | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 20:10 | vote | accept | Lou Fancy | ||
| Sep 24, 2019 at 20:07 | answer | added | Kevin | timeline score: 13 | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 19:44 | comment | added | Ilakoni | Could you clarify what exactly "fundraiser candy/candy bars" are for those of us not in the US? | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 3:50 | answer | added | Alistair Carscadden | timeline score: 0 | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 3:48 | comment | added | njzk2 | Who is asking you to take it to work? (I'm from a different place where we don't do this at all, so I'm curious to know who puts the pressure on in the first place) | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 22:28 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Sep 23, 2019 at 19:40 | vote | accept | Lou Fancy | ||
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 17:47 | answer | added | user70848 | timeline score: 1 | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 16:34 | answer | added | Literalman | timeline score: 86 | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 16:30 | answer | added | cdkMoose | timeline score: 107 | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:55 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:52 | history | edited | David K |
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:50 | answer | added | Gregory Currie | timeline score: 120 | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:43 | comment | added | Neo | Has anyone else in the company done this? Some company cultures are ok with this and others have a strict policy against it. You may want to check with HR if your not sure or haven't seen it before. | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:31 | answer | added | user44108 | timeline score: 2 | |
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:25 | history | asked | Lou Fancy | CC BY-SA 4.0 |