from a former co-worker who left the company six months ago. She invited me to lunch to catch up During lunch, she tells
and her partner started a company that provides temporary IT staffing. She pitches that her staff's hourly rates may be higher
excellent at their jobs and are highly productive. She understands how short-staffed my department is and
could supervise the contractors should we use her agency to fill needed roles. As an incentive to
I bypass the bidding process, she offers to pay me $1,000 for each temporary employee we retain. This would
staffing headache as we need over 20 people, and I could really use the extra money. She would pay me separately through Venmo
A) No-the additional productivity out-weights the cost of the temporary staff.
8) No-your company needs the staff, and your former co-worker is just assisting
you on filling the needed help
C)Yes-accepting a kickback is a type of fraud