SimplyHired has teamed with the dog-loving website Dogster to help dog lovers find jobs with companies that permit their workers to bring man’s best friend with them to the office each day.
SimplyHired called their latest effort a “pet project,” only there is just as much pet as there is project to the dog-friendly search. Google, Amazon, and many other companies have policies that allow dogs at work. The search at SimplyHired’s website lets job-seekers sift through over 4 million jobs at canine-compatible companies.
To Dogster CEO Ted Rheingold, it’s a doggone good idea:
“Companies with dog-friendly policies just get it. And they’re breeding a class of happy and loyal employees,” said Rheingold. He continued, “After all, who wouldn’t be happy working with their best friend?”
SimplyHired said in a statement that a survey it conducted along with Dogster found 49 percent of their respondents willing to switch jobs if the new employer was a dog-friendly one. Employers should listen to that demand, as two-thirds of those surveyed said they would work longer hours if their pooch pal could be with them.
“Ironically, most dog-friendly companies don’t realize how important the benefits they offer are to prospective dog-owning employees, and neglect to advertise the perk on their website,” said Phil Carpenter, dog owner and SimplyHired VP of Marketing. “But now with the help of the Dogster community, we’ve made it simple for dog-friendly employers and employees to sniff each other out.”
I wonder if our publisher will let me bring the mildly-crazed Pekingese to the office today. Probably not; I’m sure he doesn’t want to accidentally drop a pen in front of the dog and find out the hard way just how possessive a Pekingese can be over “his” stuff (Grrr).
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David Utter is a staff writer for Murdok covering technology and business.
