The CEO of a Quebec tech company dressed up as a dragon to help employees understand that taking great working conditions for granted is like believing in fairy tales.
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For Sébastien Vachon, founder of Korem, a specialist in spatial intelligence, it is time to recalibrate the relationship between workers and employers, especially as labor market conditions will eventually tighten.
“You have conditions that we think are optimal, and at some point you have to stop asking for more,” Sébastien Vachon recently told his 100 employees at an annual meeting.
To increase his teams’ commitment and respect for the organization, the entrepreneur wanted to make it clear that the power to demand anything from an employer is illusory.
“I give you good terms because I want to make sure the seat you’re sitting in is what others want, and I want you to protect your seat,” he explained, deliberately offering great advantages over the competition.
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four-day week
At the beginning of 2024, he will introduce a four-day, 32-hour week without a pay cut. In return, he expects his employees to find solutions to increase efficiency. And without demanding a full-time return to the office, he expects more presence.
“For those who have been with us for a long time, I asked them to remember why they stayed. Because there were colleagues, because it was fun and because there were mentors. Well, how do we do it, everyone at home, camera off? People are so focused on their needs that they forget the good of the organization,” he laments.
All the excuses to stay at home, he heard them: from dog sitting to 5 to 7 with the lover, from four o’clock!
“In the end it’s like I told them I can’t put any money into training because I promised my girlfriend a trip to Spain!”
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Young people need presence
In the midst of the pandemic, the President of Korem has invested $700,000 in his jobs because he believes in the value of this place.
“We always talk about those who don’t want to go back to the office, but very few of those who need a job,” says Mr Vachon, who also observes that young people want face-to-face internships with mentors. . .
“I felt it was time to position myself in the organization. If you don’t like it, you can go elsewhere. I will not change my position, I want committed people, ”says the one who also invites us to reflect on the example that we give to our children of what work is.
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