Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starting in early September

Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by giantrobot on Thursday June 03, 2021 @03:12AM (#27378080)

At Apple Park lunch at Cafe Macs could easily run $10-15 (without a drink) depending on what station you ordered from. The food there was good but not exactly cheap.

The campus was really too big to leave for lunch unless you arrived at some stupid early hour to park underground below your office. It's a 10-15 minute walk to the south parking garage and then at least a 10 minute drive to the closest places to eat and none of those are cheaper than the cafe.

So unless you're bringing food from home you can pretty easily hit $20 for lunch per day. I doubt Cafe Macs is running a huge profit but the cost for employees is non-trivial.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by Cthulhu_ on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:13AM (#27378455)

And I thought spending up to eight euros for a warm meal (I'd have a sandwich in the evening) was stretching the budget.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by pjmlp on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:39AM (#27378588)

Actually that is cheap.

I am used to pay at least 10 euros, for food + drink, unless I go to one of those special lunch time deals or street food places.

And since I am Portuguese, evenings is also a proper meal, so make it twice for the days I happen to dine outside as well.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by yawnxyz on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:08AM (#27380691)

oh man I miss those 2 o'clock lunch deals (Menu del Dias) which would fill you up for like... 12 euros haha. I remember in Barcelona or Valencia you could go to a really fancy, highly rated restaurant and "splurge" for 20 euros. Miss that place!

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by galangalalgol on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:06AM (#27380646)

Where do people not have a "proper meal" in the evening?

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by pjmlp on Thursday June 03, 2021 @09:10AM (#27380731)

For us a sandwich isn't a proper evening meal, just something to eat on the go when no time for anything better.

In fact to this day I never gotten into the whole Abendbrot stuff, even though I have lived half of my life in German speaking countries.

Just explaining where I am coming from, not attacking anyone.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by unishark on Thursday June 03, 2021 @08:32AM (#27380273)

But aren't there any lunch trucks, roach coaches, etc around for normal people to get food?

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by giantrobot on Thursday June 03, 2021 @11:31AM (#27382867)

Nope. Parking requires badge access and there's no street parking near the campus. Even if some lunch truck set up shop in a nearby parking lot it would still be a 15-20 minute hike to reach it.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by refactor_master on Thursday June 03, 2021 @07:21AM (#27379544)

Heck, I remember a salad at Harvard being $12.

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