I was surprised it permitted politics and didn't mention fundraising. I worked at a megacorporation utility that provided 20 hrs a year, the way it worked in p

I was surprised it permitted politics and didn't mention fundraising. I worked at a megacorporation utility that provided 20 hrs a year, the way it worked in practice as opposed to in theory was every use required management pre-approval and most hours got used paying people to attend fundraisers, essentially you'd get paid to go bowling with your coworkers theoretically to fund some charity. (edited to add I forgot to mention toward the end of the controversial policy there was hell to pay about drinking "on the job" at the bowling alley while being paid by the company, I forgot about that little incident.) There were bad feelings when employees were ordered by execs to attend media attracting events while wearing company tee shirts for PR purposes. Essentially the problem software devs suffer thru with hackathons except this tortured all low level employees not just devs. Show up for 12 hours on Saturday at Habitat for Humanity in your company issued tee shirt or find a new job. I believe that kind of abuse led to the termination of that particular "benefit". You might think low level employees have no defense but you'd be surprised what abuses of the workmans comp system exist. (Edited to add, I'm remembering more and more fun stuff, one union employee escalated into mediation process something about demanding to get paid to attend a NORML rally and get paid to drive a company car there, I don't remember what happened in the end.)