10 Most Bizarrely Rewarding Startups


#7 HubsSpot plays musical desks every three months

Hubspot is a Cambridge Mass based startup with 500 employees. If you thought it was free breakfast or your favorite TV show  this time, you would be a little away as this startup does something ‘bizarre’ every three months.

When it is time, every quarter employees have to sit at a new randomly assigned desk, according to CTO Dharmesh Shah. This helps them mix up and change the people they sit close to. iIt also forces lazy people to clean up their workplaces instantly.

#6 Quora has a ‘vacation tax’ that everyone likes to pay

Quora has a better way to maintain employee bonding.

Nikhil Garg, an engineer at the Mountain View California company says, “Employees bring in exotic food items for everyone in the office after every vacation/ trip.”

This bond is called the ‘vacation tax’.