Quit smoking, get 10 percent hike

Bangalore: Quit smoking and get a 10 percent hike in basic pay. That is the offer made by the head of a Bangalore based firm to coax his colleagues to quit smoking in 2010, reports Debi Prasad Sarangi of Bangalore Mirror.

"The idea is to ensure that employees adopt a healthy lifestyle," says A C Ramesh, CEO, Focus Engineering Services, who plans to lead by example. Ramesh has been a smoker for the last 25 years and plans to quit the bad habit, which, he thinks, would have some positive impact on his colleagues.​

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  • sarveshgupta
    sarveshgupta

    @sarveshgupta-txtmu5 • Dec 31, 2009

    This is a great initiative really 👍

    Incentives like these will surely have an effect on the behaviour of the employees and motivate them to quit this habit that is taking million lives every year

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  • Sahithi Pallavi
    Sahithi Pallavi

    @sahithi-oJZaYj • Dec 31, 2009

    Very good and nice initiative...

    Hope for good result..!

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  • Saandeep Sreerambatla
    Saandeep Sreerambatla

    @saandeep-sreerambatla-hWHU1M • Dec 31, 2009

    This is a wonderful initiative 😀

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  • silverscorpion
    silverscorpion

    @silverscorpion-iJKtdQ • Jan 1, 2010

    Great initiative!!

    But what about non smokers?? Will they automatically get the hike? That'd be wonderful!! 😀😀

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  • durga ch
    durga ch

    @durga-TpX3gO • Jan 1, 2010

    If they( non-smokers) don't get a hike, is there a chance for then to pick-up smoking and then try to quit 😐?

    I think motivation for smokers should not be coming in financial terms

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  • silverscorpion
    silverscorpion

    @silverscorpion-iJKtdQ • Jan 1, 2010

    Well, if everything else fails, no harm in trying out financial terms to woo them to quit, right?? It's one type of bait, after all!!

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