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Tips for Motivating IT Workers?
RexCelestis asks: "I work for a small (35 employees) tech company that provides consulting and software to law firms of all sizes. Last year, our company moved from rewards based on the fulfillment of personal goals to a more general reward, based almost strictly on sales. Outside of the sales staff, very few of us have felt motivated by this plan. As we near the annual meeting, I'd like to offer a few alternative methods to help motivate employees outside of sales. Can anyone offer any suggestions to help drive a development team, support staff, and/or consulting group towards greater success?"
... and wasn't it the consensus that the best motivators were beer and pornography?
Specifically, Adderall.
After all, I am strangely colored.
It's not that they're lazy, it's that they just don't care....
Everyone is born right-handed; only the greatest overcome it
Can anyone offer any suggestions to help drive a development team, support staff, and/or consulting group towards greater success?
* Hawaiian Shirt Day
* Red Swingline staplers[1]
* Music played at a reasonable volume.[2]
* Some kind of a stock option equity sharing program.[3]
* And of course, lots of followup regarding TPS Reports.
[1] Management only.
[2] From 9 to 11.
[3] This is hypothetical.
I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
Some firms like to provide free chair massages to their technical staff, particularly the ones who work the support lines. Take your company to the next level - include a "happy ending" with each massage.
After all your clients are the real whores, you need to balance out the corporate karma and employ the kind of whores that actually make people happy.
When information is power, privacy is freedom.
You might check with Dr. Kersten and his company http://despair.com/ -- he has lots of suggestions. Your conference room might benefit from a few of these lithographs.
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