Companies give thousands of euros to staff who recommend new colleagues. Is that a good idea or not?

“I would rather give this money to my own employees than to a recruitment agency,” said former Drachtster Fokke de Jong, owner of suit store Suitsupply to the newspaper last week. NOS † He talked about a ‘referral bonus’ of 4000 euros that his employees receive when they find a new colleague for the company. According to De Jong, our own employees are magnets for new talent.