Hi.
I am not originally from UK, perhaps that's why I'm so puzzled by some strange customs and business decisions I have come across here, but the one area that's most intriguing to me is charities.
During my first contract, in a corporate environment, I noticed that every Friday there would be a donation to some charity, it was some person walking round the cubicles and I immediately noticed how the peer pressure was working and forcing people to donate to a specific charity.
I came across different situations where you were equally expected to pay up, as everyone, including TV presenters wore the badge, again, I'm sure at least some disagree with the cause...
Then I came across the other end - the fact that charities have c-level people paid on par with other industries, and that charities commission expensive IT projects.
But what finally triggered me to vent the frustration, is when I learned that those IT projects are being offshored to India.
Now I really wonder, is that really what people want done with their donations?
Or do they really just want to feel better about having done something?
Or are they simply coerced into donations as described above?
Finally is it legal to advertise yourself as a charity for a certain cause if so much of the money goes in strange directions such as Indian outsourcers and CEO bonuses for 'savings'?
I am not originally from UK, perhaps that's why I'm so puzzled by some strange customs and business decisions I have come across here, but the one area that's most intriguing to me is charities.
During my first contract, in a corporate environment, I noticed that every Friday there would be a donation to some charity, it was some person walking round the cubicles and I immediately noticed how the peer pressure was working and forcing people to donate to a specific charity.
I came across different situations where you were equally expected to pay up, as everyone, including TV presenters wore the badge, again, I'm sure at least some disagree with the cause...
Then I came across the other end - the fact that charities have c-level people paid on par with other industries, and that charities commission expensive IT projects.
But what finally triggered me to vent the frustration, is when I learned that those IT projects are being offshored to India.
Now I really wonder, is that really what people want done with their donations?
Or do they really just want to feel better about having done something?
Or are they simply coerced into donations as described above?
Finally is it legal to advertise yourself as a charity for a certain cause if so much of the money goes in strange directions such as Indian outsourcers and CEO bonuses for 'savings'?
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