Benefits Think Should you have to bribe workers to fly coach?

Published Updated 2 Min Read

In my entire career, I’ve never booked business class travel — ever. So I’ll freely admit that Energizer Battery Company’s travel rebate program, which incents employees to book coach over business class when traveling, is completely foreign to me. 

The program (originally detailed in the New York Times last month) encourages employees to book business trips in coach by paying them in cash half the savings between the business class airfare and the economy cost — which as you know, can add up to decent amount of cash.


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