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Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Why do employers have coffee and tea free, but charge $1 for a 20 oz bottle of soda? Why not plop up a soda fountain next to the coffee machine?
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We have a little soda machine, that uses 3 syrup boxes and a gas canister to get us Sprite, Diet Coca Cola & Classic Coca Cola.
 
Originally posted by: pclstyle
heh, went by a few companies during a tour of fall river last week that offer their employees basically a free continental breakfast every morning. small operations, but they have eggs, sausage, pancakes, coffee/tea/orange juice - the works.

someone in management mentioned to me that it was a tried and true method of reducing tardiness - they only offer the breakfast in a 30 minute window prior to the start of the regular company-wide shift time, so if you want in - you better be there.


pretty cute idea, and i don't think the employees were complaining.
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For some reason, I would take a job like that more seriously.
 
Originally posted by: SophalotJack
Originally posted by: pclstyle
heh, went by a few companies during a tour of fall river last week that offer their employees basically a free continental breakfast every morning. small operations, but they have eggs, sausage, pancakes, coffee/tea/orange juice - the works.

someone in management mentioned to me that it was a tried and true method of reducing tardiness - they only offer the breakfast in a 30 minute window prior to the start of the regular company-wide shift time, so if you want in - you better be there.


pretty cute idea, and i don't think the employees were complaining.
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For some reason, I would take a job like that more seriously.
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exactly the point they do it....as i said earlier ^^ the place I work has little perks like that, and it is a super-successful company, especially for how small it is overall
 
I have a friend who works as an animator at a large gaming company. They get a huge variety of snacks and drinks, breakfast and lunch. If they're on crunch time, they even get order-out dinner delivered to the office.

At my last job we got coffee and tea. At my present job, we have a water cooler... bring your own cup/bottle.
 
Originally posted by: JackRyan
Someone here has taken it upon himself to buy soda's at Costco and sell them for 50 cents in the kitchen area. (There are 4 vending machines within a 20 second walk) .

I extended the ridiculousness by printing out "Paper towel 10 cents", "Water 75 cents", etc and posting them all over the kitchen.
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I assume the soda machines are charging 75 cents. Sounds like he's just undercutting the competition to me. Plus the machine might eat your money.
 
Originally posted by: Juice Box
Same where I work, they have some sort of breakfast every morning for the employees to enjoy before the workday starts. They also pay for every employees' lunch every day. They order in a bunch of food daily, or if you go out, you can expense report it for up to $8....its a great benefit and keeps the employees super-happy!
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That is a neat idea
 
Originally posted by: pclstyle
heh, went by a few companies during a tour of fall river last week that offer their employees basically a free continental breakfast every morning. small operations, but they have eggs, sausage, pancakes, coffee/tea/orange juice - the works.

someone in management mentioned to me that it was a tried and true method of reducing tardiness - they only offer the breakfast in a 30 minute window prior to the start of the regular company-wide shift time, so if you want in - you better be there.


pretty cute idea, and i don't think the employees were complaining.
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a friend of mine that has a small business offers this AND he buys lunch and has it delivered every day. he says it saves him more than that in reduced tardiness (people going away for lunch and not getting back on time etc. plus it's a write off.

 
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Why do employers have coffee and tea free, but charge $1 for a 20 oz bottle of soda? Why not plop up a soda fountain next to the coffee machine?
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Reason: Demon-Xanth + sugar + caffeine = TROUBLE!
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as noted, cost and comfort level. We get coffee and 5g bottled water. We still make our own coffee as 100% Hawaiian >> Maxwell House

 
Originally posted by: Platypus
Nothing is free where I work except the water fountain.
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Same here. Soda is up to 90 cents for a 12 ounce can, too, so I've resorted to bringing in my own sodas to drink at this point :|
 
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Originally posted by: pclstyle
heh, went by a few companies during a tour of fall river last week that offer their employees basically a free continental breakfast every morning. small operations, but they have eggs, sausage, pancakes, coffee/tea/orange juice - the works.

someone in management mentioned to me that it was a tried and true method of reducing tardiness - they only offer the breakfast in a 30 minute window prior to the start of the regular company-wide shift time, so if you want in - you better be there.


pretty cute idea, and i don't think the employees were complaining.
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Well, I've noticed that you can pay someone $80k/year and not be able to get them to come to the meetings where they are needed. But a $0.50 donut will get them into the door every time.
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Punch and pie!!!111!1
 
i don't get that either, coffee isn't really cheap anymore, and not as many people drink it as in the olden days

so to save $, i would just can the whole thing, if i was the boss
 
Originally posted by: FoBoT
i don't get that either, coffee isn't really cheap anymore, and not as many people drink it as in the olden days

so to save $, i would just can the whole thing, if i was the boss
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Canned coffee? Ingenious!
 
I guess we are like where I work having a cafeteria which offers free refills on fountain drinks. They close by 2pm so you either fill up then or you are left with vending machines. Personally I drink water and free up about 800 calories a day.
 
we have a free snapple machine 🙂

but for the rest of you... coffee and tea are hella cheap, while installing a soda fountain would be pretty expensive for such a minimal benefit. it's a lot easier to just contact a vending machine dealer and let them put in one of their soda/snack machines.
 
My old building had a soda machine, a juice machine, as well as coffee and tea and all that stuff. My new building only has coffee and tea for free. Soda and juice are available from the vending machines. I guess 35c isn't expensive for a can of soda but 35c costs more than nothing. All the jucies and 20 oz bottles are $1 so still cheaper or equal to buying them from somewhere else so I guess its not that bad.
 
depends on the size of the company...

coffee for 20 people ain't nothing, but becomes pretty expensive for 1000+

our office is close to banning drinks any where other than break rooms and kitchen because spilled drinks cost $$ as well.
 
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