If you’re going to do something, you should just do it, but not lie about it. Home Depot says their decision “wasn’t based on the economy”, and they were just looking for new ways to reach out to customers and staffers. Sure they were. Nothing says reaching out in new ways than cutting your sponsorship of the Olympics.
Sphere: Related ContentAfter 16 years as an Olympic sponsor, Home Depot is hanging up its rings.
On Wednesday, the world’s largest home improvement retailer informed 98 employees in its Olympic jobs program that it is ending its sponsorship of the Olympics and Paralympics.
The innovative jobs program had allowed Olympic athletes to work part-time at the Home Depot while enjoying full-time pay and benefits, giving them time to train.
Three Georgia athletes will be affected. They live in Morrow, Savannah and Athens, said Home Depot spokeswoman Jean Niemi, who couldn’t immediately provide their names.
Over the course of the retailer’s 16-year sponsorship, more than 660 athletes participated in the jobs program; 300 Home Depot athletes made Olympic and Paralympic teams; and they brought home nearly 150 medals, 95 of them gold.
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This news is sad. I think, President Obama should also be looking into this thing, too. Athletes are like actors. They also need regular and enough sustenance while training. Part-time jobs with short working hours but with full salary and benefits from Home Depot are fine solutions; but surely, the government should be able to come out with better ideas. Hopefully…