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My company just announced a partnership with a charity for "tech education in underserved communities."
Sounds great. Except I know what this actually is.
We have 200 laptops from 2019 that are being phased out. They're too slow for our employees but they still technically work.
Instead of recycling them properly, we're donating them to this charity and taking a $150,000 tax write-off.
The charity thinks they're getting functional equipment. They're getting 4-year-old laptops with battery problems and no software licenses.
The CEO is doing a photoshoot next week handing over the laptops to kids.
I got asked to "make sure the laptops look good for the photos."
So I'm wiping them, putting fresh stickers on them, and making sure they're charged for the 30-minute photo op.
After that? Those kids are getting laptops that die after 45 minutes and can't run modern software.
But we get a tax deduction and a press release about corporate social responsibility.
I suggested maybe we donate some budget to actually buy them new equipment.
The CFO said "that doesn't help our depreciation schedule."
We're literally using charity as a disposal method with tax benefits.