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Totally this. Our company had a diversity hiring initiative and I wanted to do some outreach in our area so I reached out about sponsoring an LGBTQ+ event. As a
by dclowd9901 4y ago
Totally this. Our company had a diversity hiring initiative and I wanted to do some outreach in our area so I reached out about sponsoring an LGBTQ+ event. As a primary sponsor on the bill, my anticipation was that our goodwill gesture would go a good distance in the community and we should leave it at that, but HQ wanted a signup sheet with us trying to get people’s info for recruiting and numbers to publish for the HR team to show their money wasn’t just “thrown to the wind.” I got very cynical about doing events like that after that. It’s not really giving if you expect something in return.
Like, I get it, it’s not just a slush fund, but maybe it sort of should be. Does every dollar spent have to have clear ROI? Where’s the charity?
- thwayunion 4y ago> Where’s the charity? Carefully recorded in tax filings.
- urthor 4y agoIMO the best thing you can do is reaching out to high school teachers teaching programming. A coworker had an interested high school student come in for the day/week a few times, and shadow them. For many kids whose parents have never heard of white collar work, it can be life changing to have a good impression.
- dclowd9901 4y agoHigh school teachers teaching programming? Is that even a thing everywhere? Growing up where I did, it’s a laughable idea.