#ShouldIDonate: What to Do When Asked to Donate to a Superior Making $140,000 a Year
🤔 Have you ever found yourself in a situation where a superior, who is already earning a substantial salary of $140,000 a year, asks you to donate money? It can be a tricky position to navigate, but don’t worry – I’ve got some actionable advice to help you make an informed decision.
## Assess Your Relationship and Personal Financial Situation
Before deciding whether to donate, consider your relationship with your superior. Are they a mentor who has supported you throughout your career, or is the request coming from someone you barely know? Also, take stock of your own financial situation – can you afford to make a donation without impacting your own financial stability?
## Understand the Purpose of the Donation
Ask your superior for more information about why they are requesting donations and how the funds will be used. If the cause resonates with you and aligns with your values, you may feel more inclined to contribute. However, if you have concerns about where the money will go, it’s perfectly valid to politely decline.
## Consider Alternative Ways to Show Support
If you’re hesitant to make a financial donation, there are other ways to show your support. You could volunteer your time, skills, or resources to the cause, which can be just as valuable as a monetary contribution.
## Seek Input from Colleagues or HR
If you’re still unsure about what to do, consider seeking advice from trusted colleagues or your company’s HR department. They may be able to provide additional insight or guidance on how to handle the situation professionally.
## Final Thoughts
Ultimately, the decision to donate to a superior making $140,000 a year is a personal one that should align with your values, financial situation, and the purpose of the donation. Remember, it’s okay to say no if you feel uncomfortable or unable to contribute. Trust your instincts and make a decision that feels right for you. 🌟
So, the next time you find yourself in this situation, use these actionable steps to make an informed choice that you can feel confident about. Good luck! 💪🏼
Yikes…
To be fair how can someone afford snacks, blanket, and a book on only a 140k a year salary?
Fuck that. I bet your making 30-40 K a year and struggling like the rest of us.
Another bootlicker who just wants to stay on good graces to get that salary eventually
I’d just do my thing and ignore bootlickers. I don’t gift to my coworkers or superiors. They’re not my family or friends. If the company wants to give them something nice, than that’s on the company’s wallet, not mine.
What’s the smallest amount you can donate?
O.o How do you have access to her salary info? Mostly just curious.
willing to bet if you don’t donate they’ll email you asking why you didn’t
If by chance you got a raise from this company in the last year, and if my chance it came out to something like 25 cents an hour like my last raise I highly recommend gifting the exact amount of said raise.
Snacks? Blanket? Books? Things she’d normally but for herself anyway? Or probably not. Not even a meal train or something more essential. Wow
Had a lickarse in my old job, never got involved in organising a collection for any staff, but when the boss/owner was having a big birthday, suddenly this guy is arranging a collection. Asked for twice as much as any other collections too, and expected guys on minimum wage to contribute that too.
In this world the more you have, the more people will try to give you
Omg I thought it was cancer or something. A hurt foot!? Get outta here.
Those are the same people that will bring that $2 bag of chips to a holiday party or lay you off so they can get their yearly bonus.
Lol no
Disgusting 🤮
Company can buy her a get well soon card for everyone to sign. Fuck asking for cash. That’s so trashy
gifts flow down, not up.
Laugh at them?
This is one reason why I like my boss. She goes out of her way to tell us that we shouldn’t spend money on her for anything. She’ll buy us small gifts for holidays, but she insists that the gift giving should only flow downward.
This kind of thing kills me i refuse every time. i dont mind writing a card but asking for money is sick.
You never by gift for your employer. Gifts work down not up.
Never gift up
One of the things I hate about HR departments the most is when they try to kiss their bosses asses like this
“No”
Seems like this email accidentally went to your spam/junk folder
You can try it I guess, but I’m pretty sure licking the boot isn’t a cure for a hurt foot.
That doesn’t make sense. Why doesn’t this person use their PTO ?
tell them youll be sending thoughts and prayers instead, and that money cant buy those
I’m about 90% sure that the boss neither expects nor wants a gift from the people that work for them. My hubby was the boss at a company and he really didn’t like people at work giving him gifts. It’s not necessary.
…The only gift he was ok with was a plate of homemade Christmas cookies. But who can resist cookies….
I don’t work in corporate anymore but if I ever go back, emails like this will be met with a reply all asking why the company isn’t taking care of them.
“[Company] posted $X.XX in profit last year. Surely they can afford to support such an integral part of the team.”
“Gifts should flow down, not up”
Once had someone pissed off me because I wouldn’t give into a pool for a baby shower. They got mad cause I smoke cigs. Like “how dare you spend your money for yourself on bad things when this developer that makes x2 your yearly needs money for his first child”.
This shits so dumb.
Tell the <bleep!> to buy their own snacks! I’m rolling pennies to try and pay my power bill!
Obligatory “six figure salaries are still usually working class, 100k is the new 50k because of inflation, going after working people who happen to be paid well is not the point and helps no one”.
That all being said, it’s bad form for managers to receive gifts from their subordinates. Buying someone a blanket and some snacks when they’re sick or mildly injured is something you do for a close friend, not your manager, and especially not if you don’t feel like you’re on close-friend terms with your manager (which most people aren’t). This looks like the sort of thing that was probably organized by one specific bootlicker trying to look good, and the manager might not even be aware of it or endorse it.
“Let’s pool money together to help her” nah how about the company takes a the $50 cut out of the millions of profits to give them a card.
Not a fucking chance.
The nerve to specify “gluten free” lol
What are the odds you’d face repercussions for asking something like “You want me to donate to someone who makes triple what I do? How is that an okay thing to ask?”
If the company wants to do that then they can do like my last company did and pay for it themselves without trying to guilt the employees into it. I lost a good friend to cancer and mentioned it in passing to a coworker. Next day a package arrived with a hand written sympathy card from the CEO and signed by the front staff. In it was tea, a tiny honey jar, a really soft blanket and a book on coping with loss. Nobody was asked to donate anything. I really wish they had gotten their Series B funding because they were a great place to create/work/and be.
If they do this for all sick employee’s. Sure. If it’s only management and the upper ups. Not a chance in hell.
Tell them thoughts and prayers are the best you can do.
And if you hurt your foot how would your superior treat you? Treat others how they treat you
Several years ago the CIO of the company where I worked was retiring. Someone came around to my cubicle to ask for donations to buy that MF a golf trip to Scotland.
They guy had to make at least 10 times what I was making.
I did not contribute.
Sending thoughts n prayers.
Gluten free snacks lmao
“Sorry, my bank account has its own injury right now.”