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Re:A note to our employees by throwawaymath on Thursday November 08, 2018 @03:12PM (#18409533)
Wow, WeWork won't even allow employees to expense meals that have meat in them?! That's ridiculous. The environmental situation with beef is a little more complex than "less beef eaten -> fewer cows -> less methane -> less climate change."

What's even more ridiculous is that beef is the costly meat from an environmental perspective, but they've also banned poultry and all other types of meat. I can understand not serving meat, but not allowing employees to expense meals involving meat would make me reconsider working there - especially because of the heavy handed way they did it.

Re:A note to our employees by dc_gregory on Thursday November 08, 2018 @05:13PM (#18410536)
> The environmental situation with beef is a little more complex than "less beef eaten -> fewer cows -> less methane -> less climate change."

I'm not aware of this, and would be interested in knowing more; as I understand currently, that flow really does apply.

Re:A note to our employees by always_good on Thursday November 08, 2018 @09:48PM (#18412015)
It's not just an environmental issue. It's an ethical issue.

Maybe some companies out there also banned slave ownership across the board. Probably seemed unfair, too. Did they not realize how useful slaves are?

Now, this seems like a silly comparison because we're all so used to eating meat for every meal, but does familiarity trump ethical concerns?

Re:A note to our employees by geodel on Thursday November 08, 2018 @07:54PM (#18411528)
Welcome to world of political correctness. Also is minority of employees claim anyone eating meat hurt their feelings companies could reasonably ban meat in office meals claiming it is creating non-welcoming workplace.
Re:A note to our employees by whostolemyhat on Friday November 09, 2018 @05:27AM (#18413545)
It was nothing to do with feelings. Why don't you try reading?