1. Paying your employees to leave!

2. Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, give his new recruits “the offer”; telling the new workers that the company will pay them over $2000 to quit if they’re not sure they’ll be happy at the company. On the next slide, list as many advantages and disadvantages of this strategy, dividing them into the correct functional areas.

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4. Read the slides and articles below to find: new information on Zappos and their strategy evidence to enhance your existing arguments Time for some

5. Source: https://www.mindflash.com/blog/2012/01/infographic-the-staggering-cost-of-a-bad-hire/https://www.mindflash.com/blog/2012/01/infographic-the-staggering-cost-of-a-bad-hire/

8. Further Research Harvard Business Review – Why Amazon is copying Zappos Harvard Business Review – Why Amazon is copying Zappos Gallup Poll – Worldwide, only 13% of employees are engaged at work Gallup Poll – Worldwide, only 13% of employees are engaged at work The Guardian – Culture, training and customer service at Zappos The Guardian – Culture, training and customer service at Zappos The Guardian – Happy Workers = Business Growth at Zappos The Guardian – Happy Workers = Business Growth at Zappos Exumatech – A look inside Zappos Jim’s Previous blog on Culture at Zappos

9. Does employing the right people guarantee a successful business culture? Insert Argument for #1 Insert Argument for #2 Insert Argument against #2 Insert Argument against #1 Evaluation Caveat (as long as…)