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FullContact CEO Bart Lorgan on the perk he’s offering employees for an unwired vacation.
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We told the story yesterday about the head of the software company who's offering his book as a special bonus.
7500 -- it has to be used for vacation and you have to put yourself -- new tablet all -- gadgets put away.
But the real reason the company is offering this deal is because the CEO says it's getting way too hard to find qualified engineers out that.
Joining us now is the man who may be off.
-- around he's the CEO although full contact.
I've bought so you know I'm doing this because you won't be able to completely get away and get out of the loop you're doing it as a puck to attract good employees correct.
The answers both -- actually yes so are you having trouble finding the right qualified employees.
Yeah absolutely every -- C CEO I know is having trouble recruiting top talent what kind of people all you look -- -- programmers techies like nothing.
Yes software engineers.
Product managers big data engineers -- sequel engineers.
Gordon fill -- with Sega we we've got a huge unemployment problem in America.
And yet you're telling -- you count find the right people you've got jobs going -- begging you offering 75 books to people to bring them through the dole was -- yeah.
Yeah will assist in this special supply and demand -- -- over the last executives in the decline in computer science grads in our country.
And quite frankly overseas there's a lot more engineers than here in the states can to bring amend.
You know not really it's veritable H one B is sort of capped very quickly and -- very -- But.
I can't imagine a techie.
Wanting to get away from a dole on the -- can get out of the -- I just can't I know a few techies I've come across quite a few in my time.
I can't imagine them being without a gadgets -- -- happy about that -- Yeah they actually are after employees do -- they're like after three days they sort of go through withdrawals.
And after three days they sort of -- for fresh -- charged.
It just sort of wow I I haven't done that since since I was in grade school.
-- have.
Crates to -- tells -- how well -- how how all of -- people taking you up on the offer.
Odd not yet we just -- -- risk recently of people are planning some some really great vacations.
Have you done it.
I were I'm actually really terrible at it and famously terrible.
I've attempted and failed for five or six days -- -- But I'm I'm I'm I'm going to do it here in in in the fall from my honeymoon when his underwear as they are gonna I've got a picture up on the screen review I think you're on a camel of the pyramids obviously what -- -- on -- Blackberry on June.
-- I absolutely and then my guys took the photo and put on my wall -- me and my fiancee Sarah and data remind me.
That I need to disconnect once a -- I'll bet you that -- wants you just put it down get away from it right.
-- it's a point of contention right at -- hours in bed at night it's it's one of those constant struggles have been that -- that -- all right thanks for joining us over appreciate -- good luck with your office and good luck.
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