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Aug 6, 2008

"Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege." --John D. Rockefeller Jr.

Bank Employees Pay-it-Forward

You think everyone would have something they dislike about their job -- with the notable exception of the people at State Bank and Trust in Fargo, North Dakota. "What do you hate about this company?" Steve Hartman of CBS asked some workers. One said: "I haven't found anything yet." Another: "No, this is a good place to work." And it doesn't stop there. Last Christmas, the bank gave each of the 500 employees $1,000. But the money came with a clever little catch. No, the didn't have to pay it back. But they did have to pay it forward. "There were three rules. You can't give it to your family. You can't give it to a co-worker. And you have to document your good deed. Other than that, the sky's the limit," COO Michael Solberg said.