{"id":1615,"date":"2008-06-13T07:25:59","date_gmt":"2008-06-13T12:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/creative-employer-gas-programs\/"},"modified":"2008-06-13T06:54:37","modified_gmt":"2008-06-13T11:54:37","slug":"creative-employer-gas-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/creative-employer-gas-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Employer Gas Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Business\/Economy\/story?id=4997009&amp;page=1\">This article from abcnews.com<\/a> discusses different corporate plans to help employees deal with the rapidly increasing gas price.\u00a0 Of all the creative approaches I have read of late, I think this one takes the cake (my bold):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The career search Web site Jobing.com&#8217;s program really helps employees&#8217; wallets. Those who meet certain requirements (such as length of time at the company, a good driving record and completion of a safe driving course) can get their car completely wrapped with the company&#8217;s logo. The reward: 100% of the employee&#8217;s gas is paid for along with a monthly $500 stipend. The company has an approved list of cars that employees can choose to either lease or buy.<\/p>\n<p>Peter Difilippantonio was one of the first employees to get a wrapped car at Jobing.com. He purchased his Jeep Cherokee in October 2003 and paid it off last year using the $500 monthly stipend. <strong>Since the benefit doesn&#8217;t end when the car is paid off, he uses that money on household expenses<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure you caught that last sentence.\u00a0 Now that is a clever perk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article from abcnews.com discusses different corporate plans to help employees deal with the rapidly increasing gas price.\u00a0 Of all the creative approaches I have read of late, I think this one takes the cake (my bold): The career search Web site Jobing.com&#8217;s program really helps employees&#8217; wallets. Those who meet certain requirements (such as length of time at the company, a good driving record and completion of a safe driving course) can get their car completely wrapped with the company&#8217;s logo. The reward: 100% of the employee&#8217;s gas is paid for along with a monthly $500 stipend. The company has an approved list of cars that employees can choose&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/06\/creative-employer-gas-programs\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20,23,5],"tags":[767,770,769,398,768],"class_list":["post-1615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-compensation","category-retention","category-trends","tag-compensation-programs","tag-creative-gas-program","tag-dealing-with-gas-prices","tag-employee-retention","tag-gas-compensation"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-q3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1797,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/11\/10-ways-to-help-out-your-employees\/","url_meta":{"origin":1615,"position":0},"title":"10 Ways To Help Out Your Employees","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"November 19, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"ManageSmarter has a good article that\u00a0provides 10 ways that you can help your employees through the economic crisis.\u00a0 There are some simple ideas on the list that a manager should do regardless of the economy.\u00a0 What better way to retain your employees than to show your appreciation for their efforts?\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Communication&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Communication","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/communication\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1712,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/08\/telecommuter-friendly-companies\/","url_meta":{"origin":1615,"position":1},"title":"Telecommuter-Friendly Companies","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"August 20, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A few months ago I posted on the rising trend of telecommuting.\u00a0 The percent of companies that allow working from home has gone up dramatically over the past few years.\u00a0 From our experience, that trend has been accelerating in just the past few months.\u00a0 More companies are offering salespeople the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring Salespeople&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring Salespeople","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/hiring-salespeople\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":35,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/telecommuting-part-2-businesses-slow-to-act\/","url_meta":{"origin":1615,"position":2},"title":"Telecommuting Part 2 &#8211; Businesses Slow to Act","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"May 17, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"From a recent SHRM survey and article titled \"Businesses slow to help employees at the gas pump\" (membership required): of 380 companies surveyed from April 25th to May 1st of this year, few companies are actively moving to assist their employees with rising gas prices. In fact, 86% indicated that\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1642,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/07\/gas-prices-leading-to-a-sea-change\/","url_meta":{"origin":1615,"position":3},"title":"Gas Prices Leading To A Sea Change","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"July 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"According to a Workforce Management article the buzz at the SHRM conference\u00a0inolved\u00a0rising gas prices and the wide-ranging effects it is having.\u00a0 In fact, the conference\u2019s opening press event highlighted its recent poll showing how companies are trying to\u00a0assist their workers.\u00a0 The two most noted solutions were flexible schedules and telecommuting.\u00a0\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Economy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Economy","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/economy\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":501,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/12\/are-employees-satisfied-with-their-compensation-benefits\/","url_meta":{"origin":1615,"position":4},"title":"Are Employees Satisfied with Their Compensation &#038; Benefits?","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"December 13, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"In Segal Sibson's 2006 survey of employee satisfaction, employees responded that their overall satisfaction with their benefit plans was droppiong. 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