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The return-to-work wars are still raging at offices across the country, but one company is deploying a rare weapon: Cash bonuses.
Cameo, a video messaging company famous for celebrity birthday wishes and pep talks, is not mandating that employees return to the office. Instead, it’s offering workers a $10,000 annual raise to come into its Chicago headquarters four days a week. On top of that, company leadership is offering workers who live outside commuting territory an additional $5,000 bonus if they move closer to the main office. And finally, Cameo will be providing free lunch to workers every day of the week, as well as free parking and access to an on-site gym.
“What we really wanted was for working at HQ to be a FOMO-inducing perk,” Cameo CEO and co-founder Steven Galanis tells Fortune.
The company’s approach is noteworthy in that rather than demanding workers return to the office by threatening them with consequences, the company is leaning into an incentive structure to lure them in. Cameo’s announcement comes at a time when RTO mandates have become sources of contention between leadership and employees at some of the largest Fortune 500 companies, including JPMorgan, Amazon, and Dell.
Cameo, a video messaging company famous for celebrity birthday wishes and pep talks, is not mandating that employees return to the office. Instead, it’s offering workers a $10,000 annual raise to come into its Chicago headquarters four days a week. On top of that, company leadership is offering workers who live outside commuting territory an additional $5,000 bonus if they move closer to the main office. And finally, Cameo will be providing free lunch to workers every day of the week, as well as free parking and access to an on-site gym.
“What we really wanted was for working at HQ to be a FOMO-inducing perk,” Cameo CEO and co-founder Steven Galanis tells Fortune.
The company’s approach is noteworthy in that rather than demanding workers return to the office by threatening them with consequences, the company is leaning into an incentive structure to lure them in. Cameo’s announcement comes at a time when RTO mandates have become sources of contention between leadership and employees at some of the largest Fortune 500 companies, including JPMorgan, Amazon, and Dell.
