Originally Posted by
MikeF16
The hard sell is utter BS. I don't have a problem with presenting a company approved charity, but requiring new hires to contribute is just wrong. And make no doubt about it; if you are a new hire, sitting in a room of new hires, told that 100% of new hires have done this since Methusala, being watched by management -- this is a requirement. If Delta Cares, then why not allocate some portion of their $6B of profits to cover this cause instead of bleeding hourly employees?
For those about to go to indoc -- this has been going on since at least 2014, probably longer. I consider myself somewhat resistant to hard sells such as this one but in this case I felt it prudent to keep my head low, contribute, go directly to my hotel, and cancel. Just remember, this would not happen during indoc unless management sanctioned it. They don't only sanction this, they promote it. Enjoy your 1st taste of what management really thinks of the pilot group.
I don't want this to sound like bragging, but I think we were in class together, and I refused to contribute. I will say that I had 15 years of experience telling the CFC to F' Off when they require you to sign a piece of paper every year specifically stating that you do not want to give part of your military paycheck to something that the government has deemed worthy.
Either way, this was ridiculous, and I remember commenting to my buddies that if any Delta employees needed assistance, it was probably new hire pilots.
I can speak from experience. They do not hunt you down if you do not sign up to give money. I don't remember even getting a cross look.