Perk alert: Time's running out for programmers to take advantage of the latest over-the-top hiring incentive.
Interwoven (www.interwoven.com), a Sunnyvale, California, content management software firm, promises to put each of the next 20 engineers it hires behind the wheel of a shiny new 2000 BMW Z3.
The bonus, a $28,000 two-year allowance, is designed to avoid the high cost of headhunters, who charge as much as 30 percent of a first year's salary, or, in the case of an engineer, about the price of a Z3. Interwoven plans to roll out similar incentives in other departments, in hopes of hiring 100 new employees by June.
The small print says candidates must submit résumés by March 31. And don't think you can simply sign on, then speed off - stay less than a year and you owe the company cold hard cash.
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