Interview

October 29, 2020

This startup’s employees thank each other — with real cash

Peer-to-peer recognition schemes are giving startups a new way to engage employees.


Tim Smith

6 min read

(With face-to-face interactions with employees on pause, Typecoins are finding new value)

Startups have developed a reputation for unusual approaches to workplace culture and employee motivation. Some throw a few ping-pong tables into their office, others go for zany away days — and Barcelona-based survey company Typeform has introduced its very own merit-based currency, for employees to trade amongst themselves.

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(“Typeformers” have their lunch in the startups’ office, pre-Covid)
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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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