This week, the Red Cross is showing up to our office for a mobile blood drive. My boss knows that I’m a regular donor and specifically asked me to participate so she can add my donation to her team stats (which contributes to her annual review as a manager.)
I told her I couldn’t – I’ve donated within the last eight weeks outside of work so I won’t be eligible yet. She accepted that as a “just this time” answer, but then told me that she expects me to make arrangements for all future blood drives so that my donations count for her manager stats.
Thing is, blood drives come to my office only a few times a year. Part of the reason I need to keep up with the regular eight-week schedule is because of my hereditary hemochromatosis – I need to donate every eight weeks to offload some of my excess iron. Reducing my donation frequency because my boss wants stats may have an adverse impact on my health down the road.
Like, this can’t be legal, can it? What is the most professional way to explain this to boss lady?
