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Ditto, I moved from startup-landia to Google about 2 years ago and have really enjoyed the decreased focus on alcohol. Alcohol isn't banned, but the company in
by potatolicious 9y ago
Ditto, I moved from startup-landia to Google about 2 years ago and have really enjoyed the decreased focus on alcohol.
Alcohol isn't banned, but the company in general does not pay for booze in the office outside of company events, so there aren't fridges or kegerators free-flowing with booze, unlike most of the startups I've worked at before.
Some teams keep celebratory stashes that they pay for themselves, which IMO strikes a good balance between letting people drink but discouraging a heavily alcohol-focused work culture.
I didn't find startup drinking culture tiresome until I left it, and I'm glad I did.
- gogopuppygogo 9y agoI really liked the drinking culture in my early to mid 20's but by my late 20's I got a stomach condition that put an end to that. Now I am in my early 30's I have lost any inclination to even want to partake. There are many things I now enjoy more being sober. I've never been more productive and my mind has never been so clear.
- mrisoli 9y agoI miss it now(mid 20's I guess), I used to work at a company with a big drinking culture and I made a big social circle around that, then I moved to a different country where I don't know anyone outside the office and the lack of this type of activities make it much harder for me to socialize, I feel very lonely sometimes.