Hiring for Happiness

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Post by tylerdiaz » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 4:17 PM UTC

Re: Hiring for Happiness

#2

Post by richardburton » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 4:27 PM UTC

Tyler thanks a lot for submitting this! A bit of background: I've written this for my Human Resources class at UCSB and as a way to think about how I want to grow my new company, Happy.

http://www.thisishappy.com

Re: Hiring for Happiness

#3

Post by paolomaffei » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 4:49 PM UTC

I'm in LOVE with this paper. Can't wait to make my company more like that.

Re: Hiring for Happiness

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Post by arkitaip » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 4:53 PM UTC

richardburton wrote: post #2

Tyler thanks a lot for submitting this! A bit of background: I've written this for my Human Resources class at UCSB and as a way to think about how I want to grow my new company, Happy. http://www.thisishappy.com

This really reminds me of Zappos's Culture and the great stuff that Tony Hsieh and others have been working on for the past years.

I strongly recommend Delivering Happiness by Hsieh to anyone who is interested in this type of approach to employee care. Very inspiring stuff. http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-P...

Re: Hiring for Happiness

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Post by richardburton » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 5:00 PM UTC

arkitaip wrote: post #4

richardburton wrote: post #2

Tyler thanks a lot for submitting this! A bit of background: I've written this for my Human Resources class at UCSB and as a way to think about how I want to grow my new company, Happy. http://www.thisishappy.com

This really reminds me of Zappos's Culture and the great stuff that Tony Hsieh and others have been working on for the past years. I strongly recommend Delivering Happiness by Hsieh to anyone who is interested in this type of approach to employee care. Very inspiring stuff. http://www.amazon.com/Delivering-Happiness-Profits-Passion-P...

Absolutely. My inspiration all along has been Tony Hsieh. Such an incredible entrepreneur. I am just adding a few more ideas I have about creating a happy company culture.

Re: Hiring for Happiness

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Post by richardburton » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 5:02 PM UTC

paolomaffei wrote: post #3

I'm in LOVE with this paper. Can't wait to make my company more like that.

Awesome Paolo. I'm just starting with this venture too so I'd love to hear how it goes for you. What idea/startup/company are you working on at the moment?

Re: Hiring for Happiness

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Post by richardburton » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 5:17 PM UTC

richardburton wrote: post #2

Tyler thanks a lot for submitting this! A bit of background: I've written this for my Human Resources class at UCSB and as a way to think about how I want to grow my new company, Happy. http://www.thisishappy.com

Why would you downvote a bit of background information?

Re: Hiring for Happiness

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Post by studer » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 5:45 PM UTC

"My hope is that our employees never, ever feel patronized, belittled or small."

Anyone applying to your company after having read that pile of patronizing crap are probably genetically incapable of feeling patronized or belittled.

(Seriously, I don't think I know a single highly qualified person who wouldn't quit the same day if you showed up and told them that this is how the company will be run from now on, and half of them would punch you in the face on the way out.)

Re: Hiring for Happiness

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Post by bjonathan » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 5:50 PM UTC

Direct link to the PDF for Scribd Haters: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2577298/Hiring-for-Happiness.pdf

Re: Hiring for Happiness

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Post by lachyg » Sat, Dec 04, 2010, 5:52 PM UTC

studer wrote: post #8

"My hope is that our employees never, ever feel patronized, belittled or small." Anyone applying to your company after having read that pile of patronizing crap are probably genetically incapable of feeling patronized or belittled. (Seriously, I don't think I know a single highly qualified person who wouldn't quit the same day if you showed up and told them that this is how the company will be run from now on, and ha…

I don't think you really added anything to the thread by posting that. Would you care posting why you thought it was patronizing and how you would improve it?