May 30, 2003

Paying your managers to have a life
Posted by tzannos@bostonworks.com">Svetlana Husseini at 9:52 AM -

For those of you who work downtown, you know that Cosi makes great sandwiches. But did you know that their store managers work 70 and 80 work weeks. Ouch. The company recognized that this was something that they couldn't continue asking for without giving them some sort of balance.

Two years ago, the restaurant chain, which operates 97 "all-day café" shops in 11 states in the Northeast and Midwest, implemented a quality-of-life initiative that includes an annual $500 "Experience Life" bonus available to its store managers, who can spend the money taking a class, joining a gym or anything else that contributes to their personal development...

Read the entire article from Human Resources Executive Magazine.

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