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2005-12-28
GoDaddy.com(R) Treats Employees to $750,000 in Awards and Prizes
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Dec 28, 2005 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- GoDaddy.com(R), the No. 1 registrar of domain names worldwide, both in terms of new daily registrations and domains under management, is rewarding its work force with unheard of financial incentives. This year, GoDaddy.com has given away $750,000 to its employees in rewards, bonuses and prizes -- over and above salaries and wages.
"Go Daddy(R) gives money away all the time. We do it with contests on a daily, weekly and monthly basis. A happy employee is a productive employee, no doubt about it," said Bob Parsons, GoDaddy.com founder and president. "Giving more than people expect is one of my favorite parts of the job."
Parsons is known for his generosity. He typically ratchets up prizes as he is announcing contest parameters to employees. During the traditional 'shopping' month of December, Go Daddy created a contest rewarding top performers in its Scottsdale and Gilbert Call Centers with a shopping spree. At the last minute, Parsons nearly doubled the prize amount. As a result, two people won $5,000 shopping sprees at the store of their choice. GoDaddy.com provided two others with $3,000 shopping sprees and several other winning team members qualified for $2,000 shopping sprees for a total contest tally of $64,000.
Last week, GoDaddy.com gave away thousands of dollars to its employees at their annual holiday party. Giveaways included cash prizes up to $10,000, plasma TVs and dozens of other gifts. Once again, Parsons went above and beyond the planned gift budget.
"Off-the-cuff changes in the prizes certainly keep us on our toes, but what a great recruiting message," said Wendy Ward, GoDaddy.com human resources director. "We really do enjoy treating our employees well."
Parsons has made a habit of rewarding employees with incredible incentives, with giveaways like a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and mortgage payments for a year. All incentive rewards at Go Daddy are given with the taxes paid, so that the employee gets its full value.
"I won my mortgage being paid for an entire year. My friends didn't believe me at first, but it's true. I've won a couple of different prizes. Bob's right -- a happy worker does work much harder," said Randy Hite, who has worked for GoDaddy.com for nearly two years.
Earlier this month, GoDaddy.com was once again ranked as one of the top places to work by The Business Journal. GoDaddy.com is widely recognized for its success, having been ranked #8 on the 2004 Inc. 500 list of the nation's fastest-growing privately held companies and #20 on the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500. In November, Bob Parsons was named the "Ed Denison Business Leader of the Year," awarded at the Governor's Celebration of Innovation.
The Go Daddy(R) Group employs approximately 900 people. Since opening its corporate headquarters in Scottsdale back in 1997, Go Daddy has expanded throughout the Valley with operations in Gilbert, Mesa and now a downtown Phoenix location. The company also has facilities in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
About The Go Daddy Group, Inc.
GoDaddy.com(R) is the world's No. 1 domain name registrar both in terms of new registrations and domains under management. GoDaddy.com enables individuals and businesses to acquire, create and safeguard their unique identities and brands on the Internet by offering a complete line of web development tools, including domain name registration, hosting, email systems, SSL certificates, domain auctions and appraisals, and complementary products and services. The Go Daddy Group includes three ICANN-accredited domain name registrars: flagship registrar GoDaddy.com, the world's No. 1 registrar both in terms of new daily registrations and domains under management (www.GoDaddy.com), membership-based registrar Blue Razor(R) Domains, Inc. (www.bluerazor.com), and reseller registrar Wild West Domains(R), Inc. (www.wildwestdomains.com). The Go Daddy Group also offers private domain name registration services through Domains By Proxy(R), Inc. (www.domainsbyproxy.com), as well as SSL Certificates through its SSL Certificate Authority, Starfield Technologies(R), Inc. (www.starfieldtech.com). The Go Daddy Group registers or renews a domain name every 3 seconds and has more than 11 million domain names in its portfolio.
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