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Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by ajross on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @12:33PM (#5751963)
I think we both know that's not the situation at hand. Even Microsoft isn't going to go around writing HR nonsense about the occasional soda taken home.

Really, this attitude is precisely the problem. You're looking at this as a confrontation from the start. Perks like this only work if they're offered and accepted in good faith. If you don't trust your employer to interpret your soda consumption charitably, your employer is getting no benefit from offering it.

Basically, if you want your employer to offer snacks and soda, be grateful about it and don't look for trouble.

Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by stormbrew on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @01:04PM (#5752204)
> Even Microsoft isn't going to go around writing HR nonsense about the occasional soda taken home.

Well, if they're spending millions on it in general then many employees taking 1 or 2 home every day is actually probably a much greater financial 'burden' on them than a handful of employees taking entire flats every now and then.

And you also don't tend to put up signs like that unless your goal is to change everyone's behaviour.

Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by marcosdumay on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @09:57PM (#5754919)
> And you also don't tend to put up signs like that unless your goal is to change everyone's behaviour.

Yes, "you" do. You specificaly may not do that, probably most people around here will not do that, but lots and lots of people do, enough so that most signs are put down by this kind of people.

Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by marshray on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @05:09PM (#5753728)
> many employees taking 1 or 2 home every day

It is kind of staggering to think of 90,000 employees times 2 sodas every workday.

Re:The Elves Leave Middle Earth – Sodas Are No Longer Free (... by wnight on Wednesday May 22, 2013 @11:24PM (#5755171)
And yet if those employees wanted soda, what's another truck out of what must be hundreds already, coming to the company? Yes, it'd be 90k * 2 * the rock-bottom wholesale price of a can of pop, but if your employees want it and it saves them time in their salaried day, it's likely worth it.

Those 90,000 employees cost about $45M a day to employ, $35k on drinks is meaningless. Especially against the PR disaster of a thread full of potential employees hearing you hide the soda at night.

But, as someone said, if someone is stealing from you and views it that way you should deal with them personally, directly, and immediately. Passive-aggressively hiding soda is only going to make them switch to office supplies, if you're lucky.