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If you're concerned about your reports feeling pressure to "donate", don't mention it's yours, and don't mention it to your reports. Then nobody feels compelled to buy any. -- perfect.
– Neo
Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 15:00
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Yet fundraisers only work because personal attachment. I don't donate anything to a random person coming to me. But I'd gladly give something to children of colleagues and friends. - So not saying that it's yours defeats the whole point of a fundraiser.
– paul23
Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 20:11
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@paul23 You're not being asked to donate. They are fundraiser chocolates.
– Gregory Currie
Commented Sep 23, 2019 at 23:07
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@paul23 Note also that at the places I've worked, people usually chuck the fundraiser box in the break room without anything other than the recipient organisation written on the box. Usually by the end of the first week, all the chocolates are gone. So while it doesn't work in your workplace culture (or you specifically), it is not the same for all workplace cultures.
– Gregory Currie
Commented Sep 24, 2019 at 1:50
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@paul23 While you may not know which colleague's children are involved, it's a pretty good guess that a box appearing in the break room comes from a colleague and not from a random stranger.
– Angew is no longer proud of SO
Commented Sep 24, 2019 at 7:44

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