What's the worst attempt you've seen to motivate staff?

My previous firm brought in a massage therapist to the office for an afternoon during busy season. Then they told the auditors (who were all out at client sites) that they needed to drive into the downtown office, pay for parking, and that none of this time would be billable, so we'd need to work late

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It was a good thing for the partner.

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PwC sent new seniors to a resort as a reward. It has now been replaced by a 3 day online virtual conference. Lol

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Could I just elect to do billable work instead for those three days?

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Oh I got one more! Not necessarily pitched as motivational but definitely as a "team building event". Managing Partner organizes a charity event at the megachurch he attends in the Houston exurbs. Tells us it's not mandatory but *strongly* encouraged. Schedules it to start at 830, so I have to be up at 7am on a Saturday, then it goes past noon. Also tries to hit us up for cash donations to his church.

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And this is why I dont go to church anymore. I can talk to God from anywhere without being surrounded by hypocrites.

At a previous job, the management decided to give out bottles of wine instead of a Christmas bonus one year.

Too bad 1) most of the team didn’t drink for various reasons and 2) it had been a free gift to the company from a client who owned a winery.

I probably shouldn’t have said this but the person giving me the wine looked pissed when I mentioned I could probably cook with it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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I wish.

Was that GT? We had something similar a few years ago lol. It was pretty lame. They only had one massage therapist and the spots filled up pretty quick.

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Local firm in Houston

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EY sent all the new seniors to an airport hotel and we had learning sessions which included a pitch about tableau and another one was flowcharting a process (as part of a six sigma thing). This was literally after implementing new guidance which required us to switch our walkthroughs to flowcharts that summer. It was absolutely a waste of time and no one took it seriously.

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Was this GT? Because GT also did that

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One sentence thank you email after busy season from our partner who left out a lot of people since he obviously didn't care enough.

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Hope you are doing well

I was working with Mindtickle.
And unfortunately got laidoff from Talent Acquisition team.

I'm looking out for change as Talent Acquisition, would you mind to refer in your current organization Or can refer in your connection if someone has the opportunity.

Location - Delhi NCR /Remote
Exp- 5+year. Relevant (2.3year)
Notice- Can join immediate

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