Staff-hungry tech firms cast exotic lures

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High technology firms such as electronic commerce software developers Interwoven Inc and 2Wire and online retailer L.L. Bean Inc are offering outrageous incentives in hopes of attracting high skilled workers from a very small talent pool. Interwoven tries to lure engineers with BMW Z3 cars, while L.L. Bean tries to attract Web site engineers by offering five-day outdoor activities. Other incentives include telecommuting, fexible working hours and even pet health insurance.

E-commerce software, 2Wire, Interwoven Inc. (Dunedin, Florida)

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Gateway goes to extreme to empathize

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Employees of Gateway Computer Systems are taught surfing in the Pacific Ocean, where for two hours they leap from their boards and plunge into the cold ocean water, jump back into the boards and back onto the waters again. The purpose of the activity is to expose the employees, who will teach computer subjects to customers at Gateway stores, to the fears and anxieties that many customers feel when they use computers and surf the Internet for the first time. One of the participants, Leslie Williams, says they will have more empathy for their students as a result of the experience.

Strategy & planning, On-Line Information Services, Joint ventures, Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing, California, Cellular Mobile Tel Equip, Videotex & Teletext Svcs NEC, Analog Computers, Microcomputers, Wireless telephones, Internet services, Online information services, X86 processors, Gateway Computer Systems Inc., Qualcomm Inc., Wingcast

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Slowdown forces tech firms to tighten belts

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High-technology companies are cutting costs due to the stock market decline, weak personal computer sales and the economic slowdown. They are not hiring at the same fast pace as earlier in 2000, and are eliminating bonuses for executives, slashing travel and cutting big-ticket office equipment. Their frugality takes on greater urgency with the warning issued by Intel in the first week of Dec 2000, saying that a global spending malaise will hurt its 4th qttr sales in nearly every country and product line.

Market information - general, Computers

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