Depending on the position you are in, you may receive ‘perks’ from your vendors due to your direct activity with them. As a Marketing Director, I design and implement the annual budget and can push dollars in almost any direction I feel will benefit our efforts. Vendors know this and will sometimes try to earn your continued business by offering things like cash and vacations. Why not take them? After all, you DESERVE them. Not true. You serve a company that trusts your decisions and depends on them not being swayed by outside bonuses. Let me tell you why I’ve refused cash and vacation bonuses and it benefited my relationships to hold my vendors hands. Continue reading
