[tomstokes]

> perhaps arguing that the cost of the something has to come from somewhere.

This is exactly what’s going on. People know that these expenditures ultimately come out of the company’s operating budget, which diminishes the funds available for other things. Installing EV chargers is a great environmental move in my personal opinion, but we can’t pretend it’s unrelated to discussions come raise/bonus time when people are told that their raises are smaller than expected because budgets are stretched this year.

The EV chargers may be a tiny contributor, but they’re still an unbalanced distribution of the company’s funds based on something completely unrelated to performance. People are keenly aware of these things.

[martin_a]

You've brought up good points here. Our "corporate climate" often isn't the best, that's probably why this leads to lots of upset people.

[bombcar]

Amusingly if it were proposed to put the EV charging stations in the worst part of the parking lot, people would probably be happier; as it is they're often right next to the handicap stalls and so you have the double whammy of someone getting the best parking space AND free "gas".