The boss is doing a "charity" adventure and we are expected to drum up sponsorship

[MaudOHara]

Trip to climb Mount Fuji, needs to raise £7,000 in sponsorship to cover it.

So far we have been spammed on whatsapp, personal e-mail, work e-mail, Facebook and twitter.

She is a millionaire pretty wealthy herself so could

1 pay for the whole trip herself
2 make a generous donation to the charity directly and not spend hours on her mountaineering training
3 not expect the staff that she pays not much more than minimum wage to donate / bake cakes etc to fundraise on her behalf

WIBU to voice any of this at work or is that an elaborate way to hand in my notice? She owns the company btw

“I’d love to help but if I do I’m going to have to ask you for a raise. When’s a good time for us to talk about that?”

I’d smile politely and say that my charitably giving was already allocated for this year.

I happy give to charity. I don’t give for people to have “experiences” aka an interesting holiday.

I'd not give her a sausage. Vanity charity.

She's a cf. Say nothing but don't give her any money either. You could tell her you've made a donation direct to her charity if she badgers you again.

So little of the money for these experience trips goes to the charity I would be telling her I will donate directly to the charity myself.

I can't stand fundraising for you to effectively go on an adventure.

Mute conversations block, feign death I think is the best way to deal with it.

How much of the £7,000 goes to the charity? Usually a big chunk of the money goes to cover the 'expenses' of the trip - or put another way, pays for the holiday!

She's a massive CF!

Just ignore, and if asked directly F2F state that you prefer not sponsor people, and that you have a few carefully selected charities you donate to and fundraise for each month and can't afford to give more time or money.

My neighbor did a charity
Climb a mountain
He got sponsorship
But paid for the actual trip himself

I hate these sort of fund raising trips, why should I pay for someone to get their jollies ? Surely it would be more beneficial for your boss to do a sponsored silence and send all the money raised to the charity.

I thought this when my Mum raised £££££ to trek Machu Picchu - okay the money went to a good cause, but it really was just funding something she wanted to do and could probably afford anyway.

I think anybody in a managerial position should only ask above their grade if they are going to ask.

I agree with NonaGrey - my chosen charity this year has already received my donation -and it's not your bloody holiday-

Inspector not brave enough to try that

It is only day one and I have had enough of the "OMG you are so brave and selfless" or "such an inspirational thing to do" creeps are out in force harrumph

OMG I'm spitting feathers on your behalf already! So bloody narcissistic, entitled, unprofessional and many, many, many other things.

Just tell her your charity fund is already allocated.

Ugh. I had this off a millionaire banker at work. It was total vanity, office plastered with photos of him do gooding with charity bigwigs. I didn't donate, told him my 'charity' goes straight from bank acc to animal rescue. That shut him up.

feign death I think is the best way to deal with it

This could be the solution to so many MN problems! DC being a pain in the arse? Feign death! Done something embarrassing? Feign death! Invited to a wedding by a CF? Feign death!

why do my strikeouts never work?!

feign death my favourite Sorry can't donate, I'm dead.

Bollocks ignore that wee name change fail up there ^

You don’t need any mountaineering training for Fuji. You literally go up and down it in a night. It is exceedingly popular; the top of the mountain is rammed. I have seen people do it in jeans and regular trainers! Obviously ill advised but it does show the level of ‘training’ you need!

Also why is it £7k? Flights to Japan and a week in a hotel are much less than that!

You could tell her you've made a donation direct to her charity if she badgers you again.

Exactly this - I never donate to these charity adventure holiday things because you are basically paying for someone to go half way around the world and have a free or subsidised adventure holiday - would much rather just give the money direct to the charity or another charity of my choice.

How much of the £7k goes towards the travel costs and how much does the charity actually get? How much of her own money does she need to put in? And why do something that involves so much cost and airmiles just to get there? I would love to go to Japan and climb Mount Fuji, adventure holiday of a lifetime - but I wouldn't expect anyone to pay me to do it.

'Great charity - I donated to it last month'
'What a great cause, I'll donate online'
'Oh yes, I'll sponsor you nearer the time when my bank balance is a bit healthier'

I hate this fad of people expecting their amazing holiday to be paid for under the guise of charity

I’ll sponsor people doing marathons and the like, but not holidays that they should just save up for like everyone else!

Chip in £10 & say "I already gave!" with big .

Make a donation direct to the charity, and let her know. I would not be happy to have personal emails, which is why I ensure no-one at work knows my personal email address.

Cheeky cow. SO unprofessional. I’d be really annoyed. When did you last spend £7k on a holiday for yourself?

Data protection foul-up big time. I'm pretty sure that an employer contacting employees about non-work stuff and using their personal email addresses contravenes GDPR regulations.
The personal information they hold about you should be used for business purposes only I think.