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Cutting snacks is a great signal to employees that they aren't worth the $2/day of Dr. Pepper they consume. Instead of cutting snacks just cut the job of whoev
by patmcc 11y ago
Cutting snacks is a great signal to employees that they aren't worth the $2/day of Dr. Pepper they consume.
Instead of cutting snacks just cut the job of whoever proposes that as a cost cutting measure. Probably save more money and nip a lot of other problems in the bud.
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- rgbrenner 11y agoSprint saved less than $0.05/day per employee by cutting snacks.
- Johnny555 11y agoI think you're counting all sprint employees, even field workers and store employees, but the free snacks were only available in the corporate office. Also, I think you're assume 365 days/year, but the snacks were likely only available for ~ 253 workdays/year. According to Wikipedia, the corporate office has around 7,000 full time employees (not including 4,000 contract workers), so the company could have saved as much as much as 35 cents per employee per day.
- jkyle 11y ago> so the company could have saved as much as much as 35 cents per employee per day. Sounds like the original poster is under estimating, but I don't find the higher number (35c/day) enough to update the view that it is a trivial savings that has a significant impact on morale.
- Johnny555 11y agoWell yeah, clearly it's not a very significant amount per employee, but 5 cents/day seemed way too low for office snacks, so I wanted to do the math. Even 35 cents seems low, I expected it to be around a dollar or two, but there are probably a lot of people that don't eat a snack every day.
- jkyle 11y agoYeah, if I'd have take a guess it'd been more than a dollar, less than five.
- rgbrenner 11y agoYou are correct about my assumptions.. I accept your more accurate estimate. Either way, the point was this is a cost that is even more trivial than the $2/day estimate.
- fleitz 11y ago35 whole cents? Stop the presses! Assuming you pay minimum wage that's like getting everyone to spend an extra 2 minutes a day
- scholia 11y agoAs someone who has spent 15 years working in Microsoft Office all day, I'd rather they saved 35c on snacks than 45c on Office. I know which one would hit my productivity hardest ;-)
- fleitz 11y agoYes, that too, it's unbelievable how cheap Office is compared to hourly salary. Great tools are essential to doing a great job.
- adrianN 11y agoYeah, but now they don't spend five minutes a day drinking sodas when they could be working.
- CheckHook 11y agoNo, they probably leave the workplace for 5-10 minutes to purchase one.
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