Timeline for As a team leader is it appropriate to bring in fundraiser candy?
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| Jan 23, 2020 at 8:52 | history | rollback | Aida Paul |
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| Jan 23, 2020 at 0:34 | history | edited | Gregory Currie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 25, 2019 at 17:48 | comment | added | Yakk | @LouFancy It doesn't matter really if the BOX is anonymous, what matters is if the PURCHASES are anonymous. So long as you aren't hovering over the box, or seeming to count who eats what candy (ie, don't even mention it), there isn't going to be pressure to buy it. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 17:45 | comment | added | Yakk | @paul23 The anonymous candy box in the break room "works" because of product placement. The "right" to place such a box there does depend on your personal connections (to your boss), but not generally to the buyers (who, seeing sugary candy, are tempted to fork over a bit of cash to get it). You might sell more if it was cheaper and not fundraiser candy, but your boss would probably dislike you opening such a business in the break room, but is ok with fundraiser candy. | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 16:46 | comment | added | Backgammon | @paul23 You don't suppose that some people would donate to support a cause regardless of who's holding the fundraiser? | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 6:43 | comment | added | iono | "Yet fundraisers only work because personal attachment" [citation needed] | |
| Sep 25, 2019 at 3:01 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | @kleineg They were trying to address the concern that paul23 had that people won't understand the personal connection to the organisation benefiting from the fundraising. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 20:38 | comment | added | kleineg | @Angew I don't think knowing it is a coworker is the problem so much as the imbalance of power that comes from knowing it is your supervisor. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 20:30 | comment | added | Lou Fancy | I think this is a reasonable suggestion. However, the specifics of my team/break room would make it impossible for me to do this anonymously. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 18:30 | comment | added | bob | This is a good solution as long as it's not easy to guess who left the candy. For example if you're a small organization and it's well known that your kid is the only one raising money, then anonymity won't work. But otherwise this is a good solution. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 11:21 | comment | added | user57251 | @GregoryCurrie, if the fundraiser chocolates are 2~3x as expensive as similar ones in the supermarket it strongly feels like a donation. So Paul's comment stays valid. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 11:03 | comment | added | Robin Bennett | Get the kids to write a note (or paint a poster) to put with the candy, even if you dictate it to them. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 7:44 | comment | added | Angew is no longer proud of SO | @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. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 3:10 | comment | added | Nelson | Some people just love those fundraiser stuff and would buy them up really fast. It really depends on the person. Some grew up with fond memories in their own childhood so the emotional return for them is significantly higher. | |
| Sep 24, 2019 at 1:50 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | @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. | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 23:07 | comment | added | Gregory Currie | @paul23 You're not being asked to donate. They are fundraiser chocolates. | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 20:11 | comment | added | paul23 | 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. | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 19:40 | vote | accept | Lou Fancy | ||
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 15:09 | history | edited | Gregory Currie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 15:00 | history | edited | Gregory Currie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 15:00 | comment | added | Neo | 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. | |
| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:57 | history | edited | Gregory Currie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Sep 23, 2019 at 14:50 | history | answered | Gregory Currie | CC BY-SA 4.0 |