We reward our employees for purchasing games.
No joke.
Last year, I introduced an initiative at be quiet!, offering all employees a reimbursement of €90 per year for submitting a game receipt.
The reasoning behind this?
I wanted to reignite the passion for gaming within our team and bridge the gap between our brand and the gaming community.
While our team enthusiastically embraced this initiative and rekindled their gaming interests, I found myself lagging.
How could I be advocating a richer gaming culture, without actively participating in it myself?
That needed to change. And so I started playing again.
Late at night, after the kids and my wife were in bed, I dedicated an hour or two to gaming — a crazy revival of my former gamer self.
Because, I’ll be honest:
I probably hadn’t properly gamed since turning 18.
Back then, as a young entrepreneur, I started prioritizing earning money over spending hours gaming (shocking to think how grown up I was, I know). And up until this day, I never found the time to take up on it again.
But wow, am I glad I did!
The gaming world of our time is a whole different affair, and I’m excited to be able to shape part of it with my team at be quiet!.
What was the last game you got hooked on?
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