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> you will never beat the ROI of sending a CTO a bottle of something fancy Did you mean: 1) A whiskey company sending a bottle of their whiskey? or 2) (e.g.
by reactspa 4y ago
> you will never beat the ROI of sending a CTO a bottle of something fancy
Did you mean:
1) A whiskey company sending a bottle of their whiskey?
or
2) (e.g.) "Microsoft" sending a bottle of whiskey?
The second sounds unethical and it would shock me to know this is common.
- legitster 4y agoIt's incredibly common. If you are a CTO at a software company, you are getting multiple boxes of swag or gifts a week. If you check your employee handbook, it may even specify what kinds of gifts you can accept. Generally can't do it with government employees. But marketing to government is a whole other thing. It's much worse on the PR side of the house. Journalists and bloggers are absolute grifters.
- nibbleshifter 4y agoThere's nothing in the employee handbook where I work about bribes^Wgifts. I have significant indirect power over a lot of purchasing and impositions^Wrecommendations for clients. Send me good whiskey ;)
- hammock 4y agoMakes me want to put “CTO” in my LinkedIn profile as my title for my freelance shop…
- ta988 4y agoThey first look at how much your are worth.
- ta988 4y ago2 is unfortunately still pretty common. Together with let's make friend with the CTO and invite him to a restaurant and pay the large wine and cocktail bill. Note that this is actually forbidden in many places like State universities and some companies (usually as they grow larger).
- Ma8ee 4y agoAnd is illegal in many countries, including Sweden. If you want to send for example a Christmas present to one of the customers, it can’t cost more than something like $30, and there are similarly limitations on what is considered a reasonable business lunch.