Free doughnuts and other employee amenities: what management does to compensate for exploiting their employees. Bread and Circuses for the corporate world.
Used to work at a company that had a beer fridge, which everyone had agreed to only open after working hours and be responsible about.
Then, senior management told one of our engineers that he had to move to the division in rural Quebec (after promising him when he was hired that they’d never do that).
He proceeded to start drinking at 10 am on his last day in our office, and was too drunk to be admitted to Canada by the time the car arrived to take him to the Vancouver airport.
He never went to Quebec, and he didn’t get fired, either…too difficult to replace his specialized technical skills.
And the beer fridge stayed, although they did install a time lock.
C 12 months ago
I’ll drink to that
soundcomm 12 months ago
Where’s Bung?
You’d think he’d be monopolizing the cooler!
The dude from FL Premium Member 12 months ago
Booze in a cone paper cup, I gotta try that
oldpine52 12 months ago
Now he’s in the spirit of things.
ArcticFox Premium Member 12 months ago
Eat your heart out Jack Daniels.
Zykoic 12 months ago
One company I worked for had Saturday monthly business operations reviews. Lots of data reviewed with supplements of cigars and booze.
Jml58 12 months ago
Has the cooler been filled with vodka or akvavit?
Cornelius Noodleman 12 months ago
How dry i…hic
incognito 12 months ago
Bung’s idea I suppose……
fuzzbucket Premium Member 12 months ago
Did Bung stock the candy machine too?
jagedlo 12 months ago
Extra-strength Dos Equis?
dflak 11 months ago
Free doughnuts and other employee amenities: what management does to compensate for exploiting their employees. Bread and Circuses for the corporate world.
rockyridge1977 11 months ago
Fringe benefits!!!!
Count Olaf Premium Member 11 months ago
Gathering around the poor no cooler.
JoeStoppinghem Premium Member 11 months ago
Saturday?
How about showing up during a weekday? For those “working from home”, while some of us have to show up every weekday.
assrdood 11 months ago
Call it fortified “DiHydrogen Oxide”.
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member 11 months ago
Not a bad idea. The back to the office movement could use a little XXX lubrication. …wait. triple X? hummm.
Goat from PBS 11 months ago
Yikes, that’s one way to go home early.
ladykat 11 months ago
Now THAT’S a water cooler!
Need coffee 11 months ago
Used to work at a company that had a beer fridge, which everyone had agreed to only open after working hours and be responsible about.
Then, senior management told one of our engineers that he had to move to the division in rural Quebec (after promising him when he was hired that they’d never do that).
He proceeded to start drinking at 10 am on his last day in our office, and was too drunk to be admitted to Canada by the time the car arrived to take him to the Vancouver airport.
He never went to Quebec, and he didn’t get fired, either…too difficult to replace his specialized technical skills.
And the beer fridge stayed, although they did install a time lock.
Webby_dog 11 months ago
Now I’m jealous that we don’t have that at work.
Mr. Impatient 11 months ago
It makes for some great watercooler conversations.
eced52 11 months ago
Is Bong in charge of the water cooler now?
T... 11 months ago
Tres Equis, twas b4 it lost one of its equises…
garibaldi.hank 11 months ago
Castlemaine XXXX
emryld333 11 months ago
Bung petitioned for that.
wconerly28 11 months ago
Never in a paper cup, but I’ve held many a red solo cup.