Debitosity: Deploys costs accountants everywhere, including places that don’t need them and haven’t asked for them, operating on the theory that a cost accountant can always be of service
Why it’s cool:
- Encourages employees to eat a minimum of ten complimentary cookies per week. If all the cookies are not eaten, those left over are donated to companies that do not provide complimentary cookies.
- Rewards bold and semi-bold thinking with “life balance passes” that allow employees not to work for 12 minutes.
- When either a male or female parent is off on unpaid paternity leave, their desk is dusted weekly at no cost to the employee.
ePlum: The online store to buy any and all types of plums
Why it’s cool:
- Allows all employees six hours per week to engage in “learning.” The employee is allowed to choose his or her own learning formats and platforms, with no restrictions, provided the learning is about plums.
- The CEO personally measures the feet of each employee during the holiday season; employees then receive certified documents verifying the size of their feet.
- Children can be brought to work with parents – and are assigned tasks, depending on their age, that will help the company achieve continued growth. Failure to complete the tasks successfully means the child is denied the free pop and lemonade available to the other children.
Leo & Clarissa: A top-line lead generator specializing in generating high-yield leads whose first names are Leo and Clarissa.
Why it’s cool:
- If you say “Thank you” to a colleague, it is mandatory that they say back, “You’re extremely welcome.”
- Encourages out of the box thinking by actually displaying the box in the middle of the office. Employees who don’t think outside the box must spend up to three hours locked inside it.
- Has discontinued former practice of holding employees’ feet to the fire using actual fire.
