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Re:Caffeine dosing strategies to optimize alertness during s... by eloff on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:00PM (#17258436)
It is illegal to force a drug on your employees. IANAL, but that would go badly. That doesn't mean they can't have it available on tap, which is how they tend to do it. Lots of companies make free coffee available to their employees.

Startup founders on the other hand always have more work than time, and they need to be careful not to burn themselves out by overdoing it on the stimulants and the work.

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Re:Caffeine dosing strategies to optimize alertness during s... by merinowool on Thursday June 07, 2018 @02:33PM (#17258748)
The worst I have experienced is when there was also "unlimited" beer on tap. Founders often - practically every evening - were getting drunk in the office with other employees "brainstorming". It was a cycle - hangover in the morning, boosted awareness with coffee and red bulls every hour or so and in the evening "curing" hangover with beer. That was sick (in a negative sense).
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