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Workplace Incentives

 

Last night, I took my two-year-old trick or treating. She was looking pretty darn cute (if I do say so myself) as little red riding hood on top of several layers of warm winter clothing. I also spent weeks prepping her to chime “trick or treat” and “thank-you” at the appropriate intervals. Overall, the effect was fantastic, and she even threw a few of her own “bye-byes” and “I’ll miss yous” as we walked away from the doors. 

But let me give you all a pointer for next year. When a very young child comes to your door—no matter how stinking cute she may be—she really only needs one piece of candy. If the parents are any good at all, they will restrict the amount of candy the child gets per day, leaving the poor willpower-less WAHM to suffer the consequences. 

A few weeks ago, Lorna wrote a blog post entitled The Productive Freelancer. In it, she outlined a points system through which freelancers can track their effectiveness throughout the day by assigning points values for each task they accomplish. It was a pretty good post, but I am going to have to mix it up a bit.  

I have decided that I am going to remove the points values and replace them with various pieces of leftover Halloween candy. The chocolates will, of course, represent the ten points values; the fruity candies will fall in the five point category; and tootsie rolls (darn you tootsie roll houses!) will only be worth one. I plan to have a very productive day. 

After all, it’s really important for a workplace that values its employees to offer perks and incentives, right?   

 

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    On November 1st, 2007 at 1:36 pm, Melissa Garrett said:

    You are brilliant!!!!

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