We are looking high and low for organizations that possess one cool practice or feature that is attractive to their Gen Y or New Grads employees. Don’t be shy. Step up. We want you to be the next feature on our video blog series - Organizations with STRYDE. Check out our feature organization this month. .
Fusenet is an SME with a ‘wow’ factor. Most recently they were featured in the Globe & Mail for their innovative take on the Google 70/20/10 work day. Whether you are HR, marketing or a techie employee of Fusenet, you get to work on your ‘pet project’ every Friday. Not only does this allow each employee to explore their entrepreneurial itch but gives them a real sense of ownership over something they do. In the end, the employee owns the IP to the product or service they invent and gives Fusenet the first right of refusal. Click here for our interview with Sanjay Singhal, CEO of Fusenet.
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We have a mostly Y Gen work force and do a few things that creates an environment that works for them. Buying them lunch or lattes regularly, sending them somewhere warm at the end of a big project, keeping wine and beer in the fridge for those nights they are there late or waiting to meet friends after work, giving them all macbooks that they can use as their own, take home and create on, giving birthdays off automatically and very importantly, getting their input on clients they would love to work on and focusing on those clients as new business targets.
I’d love for my company to be featured – I think I have the most Gen Y-friendly job on the face of the planet! I work for Drake International, but you can find out more about my current project at http://www.morethananinternship.com.