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Was nobody here in the late 90's? Every company did crap like this, and well, it didn't stick and it didn't stick for a reason. I remember when agencies had m
by jawngee 19y ago
Was nobody here in the late 90's?
Every company did crap like this, and well, it didn't stick and it didn't stick for a reason.
I remember when agencies had masseuses, on-site yoga, almost every agency paid for "self-improvement" and most had half-day fridays. Not to mention all the free food, traveling expenses, etc.
It's cool they're doing it, but it's been done before and it didn't really work out the first time around so I'm not holding my breath expecting success this time around.
Mod me down if you want, but that was a big thing back in the day and how you picked which agency you went to work for.
- eb 19y agoGoogle provides many of the services that you mentioned and they seem to be doing fine. 37signals only has 9 employees, they're very profitable for their size so I don't see it being a problem. The key is to hire rockstars-- they produce more value in four days than a mediocre employee does given weeks. If you gave the typical person free food and time off. They'd stuff themselves until they got diabetes and spend the rest of their time watching reruns of 'Room Raiders' on MTV.
- pchristensen 19y agoBingo - you use perks like this to a) make sure your best employees would never, ever, ever consider leaving, and b) to make sure your next hire is as good or better than the existing team. If something like this takes you from being say in the top 20% of places to work to the top 2%, then you can be a lot choosier about who you hire.