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I interned at Texas Instruments in Germany. Mostly engineers working there, mostly big expansive cars in the parking lot, so go figure our salary.. On each floo
by hendi_ 8y ago
I interned at Texas Instruments in Germany. Mostly engineers working there, mostly big expansive cars in the parking lot, so go figure our salary.. On each floor there was a coffee vending machine, a regular cup of coffee was 0,20€. On day, management sent an email to every employee "Free coffee during 1pm and 2pm". Guess what happened?
Everybody left their desks at 12:45 to stand in the queue, waiting for their coffee worth a few seconds of their time. At 2:15 everybody finished their coffee and went back to their chair.
I can't help but think management paid more in wasted salaries in these 1.5h than if they'd just made caffeine freely available all the time.
- humanrebar 8y agoOr maybe they thought people were in their cubicles too much and coffee lines were good to get people chatting and mingling.
- chiefalchemist 8y agoAgreed. There's plenty of evidence on the magic that comes from serendipitous interactions between employees who might otherwise never interact.
- hellisothers 8y agoWhy is this downvoted, it’s true?
- woah 8y agoI suspect the militant anti open office crowd wants to suppress any potential concept of “mingling”.
- barrow-rider 8y agomingling =/= open office. I can still have a quiet space where I can actually get things done, but still interact with coworkers at, say, the coffee machine or water-cooler.