Posted on Feb 27, 2019 2021 at 13:30
Surprise! your boss rings your doorbell with a check for $ 1,000 in hand while filming himself to continue participating in a Zoom with the executives of his company. A story which, according to the “Wall Street Journal”, happened to one of the engineers of a start-up, Dosh, in Austin, Texas with its CEO, Ryan Wuerch.
This story is revealing of companies in the United States which are doing everything to support the morale of their teleworking employees who, in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, can no longer use videoconferences, Zooms, Teams and other virtual means.
The daily enumerates a list à la Prévert. Bosses have thus hosted ukulele-making classes, sent bottles of alcohol, recruited cooks, personal trainers and comedians to lead their company’s Zoom sessions.
At GRAX, a high-tech company, the CEO adopted an employee’s suggestion to take a virtual tour of a goat shelter. And for almost an hour, employees watched goats on Zoom. Some, including CEO Joe Gaska, ultimately imitated a goat bleating.
“This is probably the best thing that I have organized as CEO of this company”, said Joe Gaska. Another firm organized a virtual treasure hunt.
At Dell Technologies, one of the managers scheduled a poem writing and recitation session for senior executives.
In any case, Ryan Wuerch drove nine hours with his son by his side to give his bonus to an executive residing in Texas while staying on Zoom. He believes that for his employees, “It became like a television show “. The question is to know if, in France, the bosses will dare to follow, this time again, the American way against the depression.
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