Tom KrieglsteinFounder, Global Keynote Speaker, Swift Kick Leadership · Founder and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker at Swift Kick Leadership

Zappos Offers $2000 to Quit Job

Name: Zappos Offers $2000 to Quit Job
Uploaded: 2024-05-29T13:00:04+00:00
Duration: 56 s
Channel: Tom Krieglstein
Description: In this brief segment, Tom Krieglstein poses a hypothetical scenario where Zappos offers each employee $2,000 to quit. He observes three distinct…

29 May 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Tom Krieglstein poses a hypothetical scenario where Zappos offers each employee $2,000 to quit. He observes three distinct audience reactions: (1) eager to leave, (2) skeptical and curious about the motive, and (3) loyal and unwilling to leave without a much larger incentive. Tom argues that the group an employee falls into reveals their level of engagement, productivity, and support for the company, using the thought experiment as a diagnostic tool for assessing employee value and cultural fit.

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$2,000. $2,000 not to stay with them. Would you do it? I see some of your faces right now, and the group seems to be divided in three different sections. The first group is like, heck, yeah, Tom. I'm out of here faster than the rats on the Titanic. Too soon, Tom. Too soon. The second group is suspicious. Like, why are they paying me to leave? Maybe Ashton Kutcher is hiding behind a curtain. He's gonna jump out bed pumped. The third group, it said, no way would I leave here for $2,000. You'd have to pay me so much more because I love it here. Which group someone falls into says a lot about how great of an employee that person is for the company. And by great, I mean engaged, productive, and supportive. So which one are you? Which one are your people.