Northern Nevada tech companies adapt to attract top IT talent

by Kaleb Roedel

In 2019, Brian Gifford, president and co-founder of BluePeak Technology Solutions, made a change to his company’s paid time off policy.

He got rid of it.

“About two years ago, we rolled out unlimited PTO for our staff, which was a big differentiator,” said Gifford, whose Reno-based firm designs, deploys and manages enterprise information technology systems for companies, big and small. “We told people up front that, ‘we want to make this available to you as long as you’re getting your work done and the company can absorb your absence.’ And it hasn’t been abused.”

Pausing, he added: “We’ve had to become really, really competitive with our benefits packages.”

The demand for tech talent and IT services has surged in the past two years, Gifford said, accelerated by the pandemic-related push toward digital initiatives such as e-commerce and the need for tightly secure wireless and remote systems amid the work-from-home movement.

Read the entire article in the NNBW: https://www.nnbw.com/news/2021/oct/05/northern-nevada-tech-companies-adapt-attract-top-i/