Brian Kalma

Executives are ‘monkeys’. Every manager is encouraged to spend 10-20 per cent of their time on goofing off with their team members. Interviews often include unusual questions such as “How weird are you?” and “What’s your theme song?” and feature the occasional shot of vodka. Every new employee is offered $2,000 at the end of the training period – to quit. Customer calls can take up to five hours. Weirdly enough, this isn’t a madhouse. This is the wonderful world of Zappos.

Executives are ‘monkeys’. Every manager is encouraged to spend 10-20 per cent of their time on goofing off with their team members. Interviews often include unusual questions such as “How weird are you?” and “What’s your theme song?” and feature the occasional shot of vodka. Every new employee is offered $2,000 at the end of the training period – to quit. Customer calls can take up to five hours. Weirdly enough, this isn’t a madhouse. This is the wonderful world of Zappos.

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