Inc. Magazine|May/June 2020
At Buildertrend, a construction-management software company in Omaha, Nebraska, co-founders Dan Houghton, Jeff Dugger, and Steve Dugger are known as “the Bobs.” A reference to Office Space, it’s an inside joke, as Houghton and the Dugger brothers are nothing like the cost-cutting consultants of that 1999 film. Buildertrend employees have access to a long list of activities, an onsite gym and yoga studio, live music events, and sports tournaments. The company also holds monthly life-skills sessions that cover topics ranging from financial fitness to stress management to wine tasting.
There’s even a company bar, where Buildertrend offers free snacks, wine and beer, and a lift home. “If you’ve had too much and take an Uber, we’ve never asked questions about that,” Houghton says.
You could say beer was foundational. Prior…