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Originally Posted by loquitur
Rekna, I understand why you edited out the information that you did, but what that did is remove the context for the request (or demand). For example, if you work for Philip Morris and the state legislature was going to outlaw smoking, I could understand the boss wanting people whose jobs are on the line to personalize the issue for the legislators. I might not like it but I udnerstand it.
I suspect that what you are encountering is different, simply the boss wanting to use his/her employees to amplify his own voice in support of his/her political preferences. It sucks. I can't imagine it's illegal (though I could be wrong; I'm not knowledgeable in this field), but it certainly stinks. How you deal with is going to depend on how much you care about the issue, waht your alternatives are, and how you feel about your job apart from this. Personally, I think any boss who does this other than to protect his/her business is a jerk and deserves to have his/her employees leave.
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Well I edited it because I didn't want to get into any sort of legal trouble or somehow have this tracked back to my wife. The focus of the email was basically that the changes would eliminate some barriers to entry on their business thereby increasing competition and causing them to lose money. Of course they didn't state it that way but that was what it read as.
I have no problem with them suggesting people do this but making you bcc your manager makes it a job requirement which sets a dangerous precedent. What are they going to do next force you to donate part of your paycheck to a certain campaign? Force you to vote for a specific person?