Re:Companies consider abandoning open office layouts to prev...
by maccard on Monday May 04, 2020 @06:31PM
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I support the meals in the office as a real meaningful perk. It's usually not a taxable perk, and Covid has shown me that with snacks (crisps, chocate,soft drinks, a cookid with a coffee), breakfast top ups (I bring oats to work and use fruit from the office), office coffee (im going through a bag a week rather than a bag a month right now), my food spend has at least doubled.
The food isn't amazing but it's usually pretty good, there's little to no clean up (giving me back an hour or so a week of prep and cleaning time), it forces me into a routine of lunch at 12:30, and nobody is forcing me into it so sometimes I bring my own.
> I was like, dude, you live once, get a fuckin life!
Work is a big part of life (in terms of time spent), even if you stick strictly to a 9-5. Its not unreasonable to try and make it comfortable, or possibly even pleasant or enjoyable at times.
The food isn't amazing but it's usually pretty good, there's little to no clean up (giving me back an hour or so a week of prep and cleaning time), it forces me into a routine of lunch at 12:30, and nobody is forcing me into it so sometimes I bring my own.
> I was like, dude, you live once, get a fuckin life!
Work is a big part of life (in terms of time spent), even if you stick strictly to a 9-5. Its not unreasonable to try and make it comfortable, or possibly even pleasant or enjoyable at times.