Where I used to work we got a coffee machine (quite a good one too) as a gift/award from management for being productive and getting stuff done. Best purchase b

Where I used to work we got a coffee machine (quite a good one too) as a gift/award from management for being productive and getting stuff done. Best purchase by them ever, since it's an alternative water cooler and has saved many hours of walking down to the coffee shop. Granted we drink more coffee but when we go to get one we do so as a group and have an impromptu discussion (usually 50% work related) which gives us a break and allows communication between the hardware and software teams to flow freely. I can imagine that if they ever took that away there would immediately be a mass exodus of employees. Oh, and I do drink the coffee without sugar or any sweetener and with skim milk (mostly) so it's not that bad for my health.