Ridiculous BMO volunteering event
Currently working in BMO commercial bank in the US, but heard story from friend who works in corporate banking about a volunteering event where they were tasked with pulling weeds in someone's yard. It was 87 degrees, and they worked for three hours straight. He said he felt like he might have stumbled onto private property, and the situation felt uncomfortable as the owner of the house had no clue and was not expecting the group. The owner of the house was quite strict about them not putting down their tools, and several people started feeling light-headed. Despite this, the person managing this event didn’t address the situation or offer any support to those who were about to pass out from the physical exertion and heat. This doesn’t seem to align with what I’d expect for a well-managed volunteering event, where participant safety and comfort should be prioritized. Additionally, multiple people were hospitalized. Is this even allowed???
you work in commercial banking. pick between pulling weeds or reconciling routing numbers my favored intern
Whenever I read these kinds of comments, I picture a little, rotund, choleric man hunched over, rapidly typing with his stubby sausage fingers.
you're a Director in IB and you think that commercial banking revolves around reconciling routing numbers for (presumably) bank-to-bank transfers?
How terribly out of shape are the BMO volunteers that 3 hours of *check notes* yardwork at 87 degrees...forces hospitalization?
Please sue BMO over this so you are front page WSJ and I can read the full story
From allergies to insect bites and heat stroke :) manager didn’t let ppl leave even after being aware of all of this!
"owner of the house had no clue and was not expecting the group. The owner of the house was quite strict about them not putting down their tools"
So the owner had no clue they were going to working on his house and then all of a sudden he finds out and then won't let random people he doesn't know stop? What type of janky event is this? Also, this was just some random dude's house? How was it picked? Was it in a run down part of town or something?
You can just leave and say it’s stupid you’re an adult, no one can stop you
Saw your other post (now deleted / retitled) claiming you were a hospitalized intern. Also noticed another comment of yours (on the many ancient threads you are for some reason reviving) claiming you have worked there for 2.5 years. Is any of this true?
Never said I was an intern. This post is referring to my friend who is currently an intern who experienced the event. I never did.
That thread was a completely different incident relating to me that has been relayed already to where it has to go.
I find that unlikely
Dude claimed he worked in the Chicago office and at the same time in another thread said he worked in NYC office lmao
Reminds me of the volunteering events we had to do in my fraternity that the university highly pressured everyone into. It was called “fall cleanup” and it was supposed to be just cleaning up leaves in elderly people’s yards. We always ended up being assigned to some healthy 60 year old that wanted free landscaping/junk removal work. Lots of scummy people take advantage of those volunteering programs.
Yeah the organization was absurd, definitely very confused on how the company picked this event.
I picture all the olds muttering "fuck them kids" while you do their dirty work
One of them was a morbidly obese lady who claimed to have stage 4 cancer. Made us do a landscaping makeover in her backyard. She paid us in cliff bars so at least it wasn’t all for nothing.
nah they were just weak
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