Originally posted by OwlHoot
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I know some big firms (and not so big ones) who do allow their employees to have a couple of hours a week to an afternoon off every 2 weeks to do some volunteering as it makes the company look good. The time given has to be to a registered charity or to the firm's charity of the year. This is how you get telephone operators for the TV charityathons.
Anyone above admin levels tends to make the time up so the companies actually don't lose out. Obviously reservists can't easily do this.
I worked for a firm years ago who when they realised other firms were doing this told us to mention we worked for them in any volunteering we did so they could get the publicity, but refused to give anyone extra time off or be more flexible to help them do the volunteering.....
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