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Post by KB on Nov 5, 2016 2:06:14 GMT
Just read your update. Hilarious. Two pages of us getting all up in arms for nothing. Oh well, it was good exercise. Hahaha I know! I'm sorry!!!! I texted for the budget Later in the evening and he had been working non-stop so it was a typo. I should have just asked him right away instead of thinking about it, posting about it and preparing a defense. There is a lesson there
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Post by lucyg on Nov 5, 2016 2:08:04 GMT
Just read your update. Hilarious. Two pages of us getting all up in arms for nothing. Oh well, it was good exercise. Hahaha I know! I'm sorry!!!! I texted for the budget Later in the evening and he had been working non-stop so it was a typo. I should have just asked him right away instead of thinking about it, posting about it and preparing a defense. There is a lesson there No worries. Don't get me wrong, I wasn't complaining, just laughing.
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Post by KB on Nov 5, 2016 2:14:27 GMT
Me too!
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Post by KB on Nov 5, 2016 3:04:21 GMT
Hang on. Companies in the US provide food for their employees to snack on, free of charge, during their working hours? I do company audits that require me to visit a lot of sites. One huge company (had about 1500 people in this one location) had recently opened their new office. As part of their agreement with the town, they had to reduce the number of cars on the road each day. One of the ways they did this (in addition to encouraging use of public transit and ride shares) was to make their full service cafeteria completely free. It was a nice cafe that offered 2 hot meal choices a day, soups, sandwiches, big salad bar, breakfast cereals and a selection of fruit, snacks, yogurt and other options each day. When I questioned my contact at the company about it, she said it made a big difference in the number of employees driving off site for lunch each day, thereby reducing cars on the road, and also increased productivity as people took shorter lunches. IME, it's a rare perk but it does happen Before I started with startups I was at a Fortune 500 tech company. Their way to get what you describe was to have mandatory rotating work from home days. That was awesome. It was a company with 50k+ employees ... think of all those cars not on the road two days a week
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Post by conchita on Nov 5, 2016 4:14:19 GMT
😆 I LOVE your update! That extra "0" makes a big difference. Lol!
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 4:54:31 GMT
Amazing what a Zero can mean isn't it? $600 is better but will still be a bit tight I think for what they want to provide.
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Post by mikewozowski on Nov 5, 2016 5:01:42 GMT
that makes it 2.00 per snack instead of .20. that's a big difference. still not gourmet quality meals, but better than 20 cent snacks!
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Post by KB on Nov 5, 2016 5:17:03 GMT
Amazing what a Zero can mean isn't it? $600 is better but will still be a bit tight I think for what they want to provide. I love your forthrightness Thank you
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Post by anniefb on Nov 5, 2016 6:22:54 GMT
Hang on. Companies in the US provide food for their employees to snack on, free of charge, during their working hours? They do elsewhere as well. My brother was on secondment to Amazon (in the U.K. ) and they had all sorts of amazing drinks, snacks and food provided.
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Post by craftykitten on Nov 5, 2016 7:08:23 GMT
Lol! What a great update.
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Post by gillyp on Nov 5, 2016 8:34:42 GMT
I love your update KB! I'm glad you didn't have to fight for more money. I have found the whole thread absolutely fascinating and illuminating.
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Post by Layce on Nov 5, 2016 12:53:30 GMT
Our company uses vending machines and subsidizes them. For example, softdrinks are 25¢, that type of thing. I understand your company provides for free but that promotes waste or even occasional theft. "Partner. Don't Provide."
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Post by elaine on Nov 5, 2016 14:57:01 GMT
Our company uses vending machines and subsidizes them. For example, softdrinks are 25¢, that type of thing. I understand your company provides for free but that promotes waste or even occasional theft. "Partner. Don't Provide." But it is part of the culture to have it provided, not partnered. And it wouldn't be viewed as theft if someone threw a granola bar in their bag on the way out the door any more than you would consider it theft if your child threw a granola bar in his pack on the way to school. The office is viewed literally as a home away from home in the tech industry, and you wouldn't expect vending machines set up in your kitchen for your kids to purchase food every time they ate. Nor would computer programmers and coders expect it. And to be worried about people "stealing" food just isn't an issue. Stocking the kitchen is the equivalent of stocking paper and office supplies in other businesses - it is simply part of the overhead. You really need a mind shift if you haven't seen or experienced this type of work culture in action.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2016 15:01:41 GMT
me and my not reading... I was thinking $600 for a month; still not a lot to feed a dozen people. $600 per week is a much more reasonable budget for that size of group.
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Post by KB on Nov 5, 2016 15:32:37 GMT
me and my not reading... I was thinking $600 for a month; still not a lot to feed a dozen people. $600 per week is a much more reasonable budget for that size of group. I wasn't going tease you about that
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Post by KB on Nov 5, 2016 17:39:55 GMT
Our company uses vending machines and subsidizes them. For example, softdrinks are 25¢, that type of thing. I understand your company provides for free but that promotes waste or even occasional theft. "Partner. Don't Provide." But it is part of the culture to have it provided, not partnered. And it wouldn't be viewed as theft if someone threw a granola bar in their bag on the way out the door any more than you would consider it theft if your child threw a granola bar in his pack on the way to school. The office is viewed literally as a home away from home in the tech industry, and you wouldn't expect vending machines set up in your kitchen for your kids to purchase food every time they ate. Nor would computer programmers and coders expect it. And to be worried about people "stealing" food just isn't an issue. Stocking the kitchen is the equivalent of stocking paper and office supplies in other businesses - it is simply part of the overhead. You really need a mind shift if you haven't seen or experienced this type of work culture in action. Tthanks, Elaine! What is "paper"? Stealing food isn't an issue. We are issued about $5k of hardware the first day of employment, I doubt anybody is in it to run off with a can of Red Bull and some Babybel.
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 5, 2016 19:42:20 GMT
I totally get about the food thing, even though I am not in that industry. At my previous job, an accounting firm, from February through April the Company provided food for those who worked every evening late. Not at your level, but stuff brought in because of the hours.. but anyways....glad your problem was fixed.
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Post by M~ on Nov 5, 2016 21:05:30 GMT
Ha .... so that 60 was supposed to have another 0 after it lol. I was all prepped to explain why 60 made no sense and he was like "ya. That's ridiculous." So hahahaha much ado about nothing. Thank you to the peas that have explained the company culture. When I wrote this morning, I had been up late working and up early working and didn't feel like explaining that every CEO I have ever had is well aware that when engineers walk out to get a snack or coffee, that is tons of money going with them. Not to mention if they go in a group. It is non-stop, high pressure and demanding. I LOVE IT! thank you all for reading and your thoughts!! Original post: Hi peas! This is in regards to a start up tech company. Typically the kitchen should be fully stocked with snacks, drinks and quick meals. At my last company, also a start up tech but in a later stage of investment, money was not an issue to keep the kitchen stocked. I typically spent $1500/week on all these items for an office of about 80. I work for an early stage now. There are 12 people in the office. All young (hungry) men and they work long hours. But my budget is only $60/week. I've researched some office delivery services as well as Costco, Amazon, et cetera. But I'm almost wondering if I could feed them more if I go to a brick and mortar? EDITED: Costco is a lot of the same thing for this small of a group, maybe I can talk them into $100/week but it still seems like it will get boring. Oh, and the snacks should be healthy, individually wrapped & each guy probably eats 4-5 a day. Help! I wish that my bosses understood this about lawyers. 🤔🤔🤔🤔
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Post by KB on Nov 6, 2016 4:22:38 GMT
Ha .... so that 60 was supposed to have another 0 after it lol. I was all prepped to explain why 60 made no sense and he was like "ya. That's ridiculous." So hahahaha much ado about nothing. Thank you to the peas that have explained the company culture. When I wrote this morning, I had been up late working and up early working and didn't feel like explaining that every CEO I have ever had is well aware that when engineers walk out to get a snack or coffee, that is tons of money going with them. Not to mention if they go in a group. It is non-stop, high pressure and demanding. I LOVE IT! thank you all for reading and your thoughts!! Original post: Hi peas! This is in regards to a start up tech company. Typically the kitchen should be fully stocked with snacks, drinks and quick meals. At my last company, also a start up tech but in a later stage of investment, money was not an issue to keep the kitchen stocked. I typically spent $1500/week on all these items for an office of about 80. I work for an early stage now. There are 12 people in the office. All young (hungry) men and they work long hours. But my budget is only $60/week. I've researched some office delivery services as well as Costco, Amazon, et cetera. But I'm almost wondering if I could feed them more if I go to a brick and mortar? EDITED: Costco is a lot of the same thing for this small of a group, maybe I can talk them into $100/week but it still seems like it will get boring. Oh, and the snacks should be healthy, individually wrapped & each guy probably eats 4-5 a day. Help! I wish that my bosses understood this about lawyers. 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Now THAT was funny.
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