Calif.-based Software Outsourcing Research will be available to offer insight and advice on how offshore outsourcing of IT work can offer productivity and quality improvements as well as cost savings. Here's what he had to say. The last factor is the main reason why we try to work fun into the process.
Laughter has a great way of reducing fear.
The strong demand for highly skilled technology workers has created a need for innovative solutions to recruit, reward and retain these employees. These companies progressively raise the salaries and reduce the grants as they go through several rounds of venture funding and ultimately an initial public offering. This strategy works well for the founders and early employees, who can be handsomely rewarded for their risk taking. But as a creative vehicle it actually promotes the opposite effect. The early starters become fully vested in their original allocations and move on, while the new compensation package attracts the 9 to 5'ers who are not interested in taking risks and who are unwilling or unable to take the company to the next level.