My CEO Life

We have just launched a new site and the tech team has been working 24/7 to make it happen.  With them moving heaven and earth, it would not have occurred so we decided to do something fun and different with the team to reward them for all their efforts.

We decided to ask the team into a room and we decided to give them a day off.  However, to make it a little more exciting for them, we gave each an envelope with a note with a sum of money on it.  They were each told that they had 24 hours to spend the money and once they had reported back on what they wanted to buy, we would transfer the amount to their account.

This had a great effect on the team and they were acting like it was Christmas.  They all went out, identified what they wanted to buy and reported back.  Some booked holidays, some bought new computers (they are techo’s), some bought shares (love ‘em) and some just put it on their home loans.

All in all, they had a fun time and remembered the day fondly.  So much better than just more $ in their accounts.

The amounts given where between $1000 and $5000.

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