NYC company offering a raise in return for a corporate logo tattoo

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May 1, 2013

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NYC company offering a raise in return for a corporate logo tattoo

Would you get a tattoo if it meant a big raise? Is it good business to have employees with permanent company logos on their bodies?

Rapid Reality's staff are freshly inked -- would you get a tattoo if it came with a big raise?

Would you get a tattoo if it meant a big raise? Is it good business to have employees with permanent company logos on their bodies?

A New York City company has found a way to offer its employees a 15 percent raise while picking up some free marketing - in the form of a company logo tattoo. Rapid Realty offered its 800 employees the option of getting a company logo tattoo in exchange for a raise. Forty of them are now sporting fresh new 'Rapid Realty' ink.

Would you get a company logo tattoo in exchange for a raise? How much would it take for you to get a company tattoo? Do you have any tattoos that you regret?