The company I work for, Atlassian has a corporate philanthropy policy of pledge 1%. Its a movement they founded inspired by Marc Benioff of Salesforce. We pledge 1% of our profits, equity, product and employee time to not for profit causes. As an employee I’m thankful that the Atlassian Foundation enables me to take 5 days paid leave to volunteer. I wanted to share my experience volunteering and pledging my time to a local community organisation.

It’s kind of ironic that we’re handing out food behind some really expensive apartments in Mountain View. Not everyone in Silicon Valley (South Bay) is well off.

Read the full article on volunteering time by Matthew Ho at Medium