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Cubeless
Citizen
Username: Cubey
Post Number: 115
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 11:21 am: |     |
Does anyone else's company extend discounts to their employees for certain products/services? Here are a few from my company...there is no reason why anyone can't benefit from the discounts. Enjoy.
1800flowers
Code: ATT15
15% discount
Papa John's Pizza
(online orders only)
Free order of cheese sticks with any large specialty pizza at the regular menu price.
Promotion code: G5yTe7
Checks Unlimited
Free box of personal checks when you buy 1 box at regular price
Offer code: ATT1
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StringsTeacher99
Supporter
Username: Blue_eyes
Post Number: 275
Registered: 4-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 11:32 am: | |
Cubeless - I *JUST* ordered from 1800flowers about an hour ago for a co-worker who had surgery... oh well.
Thanks for sharing for the future though!! |
Tom Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 5018
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 3:18 pm: | |
I'm a contractor at a large company. In other words, I act like a regular employee, but they view me as a supply, not a human. There's an employee matching program for contributions for Tsunami relief. I asked, and no, I don't qualify, since I'm not an employee. Harrumph. |
ril
Citizen
Username: Ril
Post Number: 270
Registered: 6-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 4:00 pm: | |
Tom, maybe you could give the $$ to an employee to donate, and then it would be matched. |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 4656
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 4:40 pm: | |
Ril: That could present a problem for Tom if he wanted a receipt to submit with his taxes. Even if he didn't care about the tax deduction, it wouldn't be fair to the corporation.
Still it is a shame that those of us who don't work for corporations which will be matching funds (government workers and employees of small businesses for example) will not be able to get as much for our buck as certain corporation employees will. |
sac
Supporter
Username: Sac
Post Number: 1746
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 5, 2005 - 10:03 pm: | |
The corporation for which I am a contractor (and former employee) has a similar policy. In their defense (not that they really need any help from me), I suspect that it is just part of the overall set of policies in place to distinguish employees from contractors and avoid having to offer them employment or retirement or other benefits of employee status as a result. |
Duncan
Supporter
Username: Duncanrogers
Post Number: 3752
Registered: 12-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, January 6, 2005 - 11:29 am: | |
Sac. I think you are right. Mainly its about not having to deal with Health insurance. Witness the UPS strike a few years back. |
Tara Hill
Citizen
Username: Tara_hill
Post Number: 21
Registered: 6-2004
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 4:24 pm: | |
Tom, I was in that situation for years. At one point I worked in a department staffed only with "supplies." When we hired someone new, she had to order her chair in installments--one month the arms, the next the base, then the seat... not enough money in the supply budget. |
sportsnut
Citizen
Username: Sportsnut
Post Number: 1724
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 4:46 pm: | |
Cubeless - what part of the company do you work for?
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Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 4826
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 4:50 pm: | |
To answer Cubeless's original question, we occassionally get discounts to various shows and sporting events but you have to present your employee ID card when ordering so I doubt others could take advantage of these offers. |
sportsnut
Citizen
Username: Sportsnut
Post Number: 1725
Registered: 10-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 5:10 pm: | |
Just as an aside does anyone see an ethical problem with providing discounts that were intended for employees to the general public?
Cubeless lest you be worried because it appears we work for the same company I'm just asking the question. |
Joan
Supporter
Username: Joancrystal
Post Number: 4831
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Friday, January 28, 2005 - 5:27 pm: | |
Sportsnut:
If the discount is driven by a desire on the part of the company supplying the goods or services to stimulate interest in their product,clear surplus or slightly outdated equipment,or fill seats at a production which might otherwise go unused, then I see no ethiclal problem. Such offers would likely be extended to a wider population if the company in question had a reliable means of reaching them.
If we are talking about an offer which is being paid for by the corporation, matching donation funds, or contributing funds to goods or services intended as an employee incentive for example, then I would agree that it is unethical for non-employees to gain by taking advantage of such offers. |
Cubeless
Citizen
Username: Cubey
Post Number: 120
Registered: 9-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, January 30, 2005 - 12:14 pm: | |
Sportsnut-
I'm part of the marketing organization. You?
I don't see any ethical problem with sharing. One of the companies offering a discount, 1800flowers, has printed fliers (with the discount code) that have been given out quite freely. Furthermore it leads to increased revenue for their company and also gives our company more volume with them which contributes to our balance of trade.
Most of our other discounts...the better ones like Apple, Target, etc. have extranet sites set up just for our corporate employees to use.
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Bill P
Citizen
Username: Mrincredible
Post Number: 15
Registered: 1-2005
| | Posted on Monday, January 31, 2005 - 11:53 am: | |
Will those discount codes have to change to SBC1? |
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