'Pay to get 1 work from home day': Company tells workers that they get an extra WFH day if they donate $20 to charity

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Ally Perry • Writer and Editor
Nov 20, 2025 9:00 AM EST

The freedom to do your job in your pajamas is the holy grail of the 21st-century corporate world.

Ever since the start of the decade, when many people had no choice but to do their jobs from home, remote work has been something that many employees have wanted to make a part of their working lives. Companies are aware of this, but for reasons ranging from micromanagement to office rent, they can sometimes be reticent to allow their workers to go hybrid.

There is no doubt about it, working from home is often viewed with some suspicion as it allows employees to do their thing without quite as much of a watchful eye over them. However, many businesses recognize that it is a valuable asset for a job to have, and they use it as a bargaining chip as a result. Like a lot of corporate life, it can become demeaning.

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  • In this story, a disgruntled worker shared a picture from their workplace in which their employer promised to give employees an additional WFH day if they donated $20 to their chosen charity. Many people felt like it was unfair to use a basic feature of workplace culture in such a way, and others had their suspicions that it was some kind of tax write-off. Whatever the reason, it probably isn't a sign of a good employer if they think that making their employees pay to do remote work is a good idea.

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  • anewfoundmatt I used to work at a company that would let you wear shorts in the summer if you paid money. I just wore shorts anyway and nobody ever asked if I paid.
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  • LikelySoutherner Rich corporations asking for our money SO they can take tax write offs
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  • Lagamorph I'd take it, that's cheaper than my daily commute.
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  • runjcrun1 Lmao. "For likely more than you make an hour, you can work from home for a day!" I hate this dystopian timeline
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  • OccasionQuick Give them a post dated check
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  • threemoons_nyc Holy crap, I unfondly remember scams like this when I used to work for a Fortune 50 company a zillion years ago. The BIGGEST scam was their annual United Way drive. Of course, since then, United Way got outed as being incredibly corrupt and wasteful. Every year they had a huge drive. If you donated X, you got a pin that entitled you to free coffee or soda at the company cafeteria for a month. Pay more, and you got to wear
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  • jeans for X amounts of days. The biggest scam? If you donated between 1-3% of your salary for the upcoming year, you got a whole 1-3 extra days of PTO. And the peer pressure and management pressure was INTENSE, as in every department had one clerical staff person who would regularly pester people for the drive month.
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  • Garrden How demeaning...
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  • xShuaz Im pretty sure if the Movemver foundation new about this they would be fucking appaled
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  • arob770 If it was unlimited I'd be out of an extra $100 per week I'll tell you that much.
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  • LendersQuiz IF it is like: Donate to a real charity and you get a WFH day as a reward that is one thing. IF it is like: Donate to the company so that we can then donate to a charity that we choose, you get a WFH day and we get a tax break that is another matter entirely.
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  • Frankenstein_Monster My last job at a fortune 500 company let you buy vacation days by the hour for your hourly pay rate. Id always buy a week or two then put in for my yearly promotions to get a pay raise and make like $2.50 per hour off it.
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  • codercaleb And to think, our VP told us to work from home all of next week (only 3 days anyway) for free. Not to mention WFH 2 to 4 days per week (or more) at manager discretion. All for free. Hell, they pay us to work.
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  • InsaneBasti Is that even legal?
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