Do what it takes
Submitted by jpark on Thu, 05/18/2006 - 15:09
This was a good article from Money on how you don’t have to adopt the BIG OFFICE mentality when you are a young company.
You can make these 1 off deals, or company policy. But in making these types of trade offs, allow other employees to understand what’s going on, and why. When you introduce the idea of bringing babies to work, some of the employees without children might feel slighted.
In this case, 4 top level people leaving at once would sink the company. Any employee who wished to have a job in 12 months, and not be completely overwhelmed can understand the needs of the new moms, and the benefits to the employee.
Has this worked? Yes.
Has this flopped? Yes.
The idea is fine, the execution is important.
Did the company retain people because of the babies and dogs policy. Definitely. Have they lost some people because of the same policy? People who might be allergic to dogs, or hate dogs. Probably.
You can make these 1 off deals, or company policy. But in making these types of trade offs, allow other employees to understand what’s going on, and why. When you introduce the idea of bringing babies to work, some of the employees without children might feel slighted.
In this case, 4 top level people leaving at once would sink the company. Any employee who wished to have a job in 12 months, and not be completely overwhelmed can understand the needs of the new moms, and the benefits to the employee.
Has this worked? Yes.
Has this flopped? Yes.
The idea is fine, the execution is important.
Did the company retain people because of the babies and dogs policy. Definitely. Have they lost some people because of the same policy? People who might be allergic to dogs, or hate dogs. Probably.
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