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By Staff Report
Apr. 13, 2001
Unifi Network, a division ofPricewaterhouse Coopers, conducted a study of employee referral programs amongthe IT functions of companies. The survey data below is effective May 2001.
| Prevalenceof Employee Referral Programs |
| Eighty-eightorganizations (61.1%) indicated that they have a formal employee referralprogram. |
| Prevalenceof Employee Referral Plan Structure | ||
| Responses | Percentof Responses | |
| Company-wide employeereferral program | 51 | 58.0% |
| –with separatebonus structure for IT | 21 | 23.9% |
| IT-specific employeereferral program only |
16 |
18.2 |
| AverageReferral Bonus by Employee Group | |||||
| Company-wide | |||||
| TotalEnterprise | |||||
| EmployeeGroup | Responses | 25th % | 50th % | Average | 75th % |
| TopManagement | 47 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,405 | $2,000 |
| Mid-Management | 47 | $500 | $1,000 | $1,214 | $2,000 |
| Exempt | 46 | $500 | $675 | $993 | $1,425 |
| Non-Exempt | 42 | $500 | $500 | $652 | $900 |
| Company-wide/IT Bonus | |||||
| IT-Specific | |||||
| EmployeeGroup | Responses | 25th % | 50th % | Average | 75th % |
| TopManagement | 16 | $1,375 | $1,500 | $2,031 | $2,000 |
| Mid-Management | 16 | $1,375 | $1,500 | $2,031 | $2,000 |
| Exempt | 16 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $1,838 | $2,000 |
| Non-Exempt | 12 | $500 | $500 | $879 | $1,125 |
| TotalEnterprise | |||||
| EmployeeGroup | Responses | 25th % | 50th % | Average | 75th % |
| TopManagement | 16 | $500 | $900 | $1,056 | $1,000 |
| Mid-Management | 16 | $500 | $900 | $1,056 | $1,000 |
| Exempt | 16 | $500 | $750 | $888 | $1,000 |
| Non-Exempt | 12 | $425 | $500 | $554 | $688 |
| IT-Specific | |||||
| IT-Specific | |||||
| EmployeeGroup | Responses | 25th % | 50th % | Average | 75th % |
| TopManagement | 14 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,050 | $3,000 |
| Mid-Management | 14 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $2,505 | $3,000 |
| Exempt | 14 | $1,000 | $1,350 | $1,764 | $2,750 |
| Non-Exempt | 11 | $1,000 | $1,200 | $1,609 | $2,000 |
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