Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by sokoloff on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:17PM
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Used to work at an office where they got rid of free drinks. The morning it happened, Top Engineer 1 sent a mail to all Boston staff announcing he was thirsty and asked if anyone else was similarly thirsty and wanted to join him on a grocery trip to buy soda. Three cars full of engineers went to the grocery store, taking a little over an hour. Free drinks returned later that same week.
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Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by francisofascii on Monday June 14, 2021 @04:04PM
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Right, the whole point of free food/drinks was the keep the engineer from wanting to leave the office. It was not really a perk but a way to entice the employee to working more.
Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by foobiekr on Monday June 14, 2021 @02:10PM
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This exact event happened at both Cisco and Juniper when they got rid of free drinks. Multiple times.
Re:“Great resignation” wave coming for companies
by aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA on Monday June 14, 2021 @12:57PM
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I love that guy.