3 ms·

Extra PTO with a decent ratio. Worked a full weekend because it had to be done and you stepped up? Get 3 days of PTO extra. Or the equivalent bonus if you don’t

Extra PTO with a decent ratio. Worked a full weekend because it had to be done and you stepped up? Get 3 days of PTO extra. Or the equivalent bonus if you don’t like being at home. That and being flexible when a person wants something. Your best engineer has been working on a 21in TN monitor for 3 years and wants a new ultra wide? Don’t make it a pain in the ass, just give it to them. Sometimes managers will approve 3k for a meeting room tv that gets used once a week (why do you need a 4k HDR display for teams?) but will act like it’s impossible to approve a $250 item for a person that will recover that with their extra output. There is no one rule, read how the people feel and try to keep them content.

screwturner68 4y ago
read how the people feel and try to keep them content. This is what it's all about different employees have different wants and needs. Some people don't care if they work every weekend as long as they are treated special. Others just keep working and get more and more pissed until they finally quit and management wonders why. We talk a lot about burn out and I firmly believe that if people are burning out it's the managers fault. Ask yourself would a manager act if an employee wasn't doing enough, of course they would that's part of the job. If that's the case why shouldn't they be expected to act when an employee is doing too much? Comp time and a pat on the butt is great but it may not fill the bill, it's a managers job to figure out that want/need and fill it.