Overstock to Introduce Bitcoin Bonus Scheme for Staff

Overstock to Introduce Bitcoin Bonus Scheme for Staff

Article now includes comment from Overstock's Judd Bagley. Online retail giant Overstock has announced plans to offer its employees a bitcoin bonus scheme. Overstock representative Judd Bagley told Mashable that the company is "trying to figure out" how it can pay out bitcoin bonuses and aims to get the program in place by the end of the year. Under the scheme, Overstock employees will be incentivised to accept their bonuses in bitcoin by offering a premium over cash payments. Bagley told CoinDesk: "The first step will be to offer to pay employees their annual bonuses in bitcoin. Those....


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