A few months ago, somebody at my store had the bright (?) idea of starting a 50/50 employee lottery. You would buy tickets and the winner would get half of the money (and no, come to think of it, I don't know where the other half goes). There was one or two winners and then ... interest basically died a quick death. They've postponed the "next" draw twice due to there being no money in the pot.
Maybe it would help if ... the company gave us back our pandemic pay? The company gave us paid sick days even though the provincial government says they don't have to? The company offered to match the money in the pot, either dollar-for-dollar or even fifty cents-per-dollar? (Although I suspect this isn't a corporate "thing".)
On the one hand, I feel badly for whoever came up with this, thinking it would take off like wildfire. On the other hand, all it offers is a chance for one person to get a little bit ahead, at the expense of everybody else who bought tickets, as opposed to, you know, the company offering everybody something extra.
Maybe it would help if ... the company gave us back our pandemic pay? The company gave us paid sick days even though the provincial government says they don't have to? The company offered to match the money in the pot, either dollar-for-dollar or even fifty cents-per-dollar? (Although I suspect this isn't a corporate "thing".)
On the one hand, I feel badly for whoever came up with this, thinking it would take off like wildfire. On the other hand, all it offers is a chance for one person to get a little bit ahead, at the expense of everybody else who bought tickets, as opposed to, you know, the company offering everybody something extra.
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