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Free food is what you make of it. If your income as a Google engineer is so tight that you have to make sure you get the most out of breakfast and dinner, go f

Free food is what you make of it. If your income as a Google engineer is so tight that you have to make sure you get the most out of breakfast and dinner, go for it (but also maybe have a long hard think). The culture may well vary between sites, but this idea that Google (and others) exclusively employ fresh college grads and try to embrace then 24x7 just isn't true. We have families just like anyone else, and they matter to us every bit as much as everyone else's families matter to them. I for my part am happy that I get a healthy, hot meal for lunch so dinner can be a quick snack when I get home, so I have more time with the kids. The alternative is more time spent on chores. Please stop spreading these tired tropes.

njepa 8y ago
That is mostly the food part though. I don't think anyone is questioning whether having a quality cafeteria at work is a good idea. It is the incentive to stay at work, especially dinner which can make working late become not working late enough. I am not sure what you mean by the cost? I can't imagine people would care about that.
swozey 8y ago
The fact that I don't have to exert ANY energy to decide on where to go for lunch vs. working downtown and having to decide between the same 5 places or spending 20 minutes pulling out and back into parking garages is very nice, and I'm nowhere near a recent college grad. Dinners also nice for those of us without anyone to go home to eat with. I absolutely hate the "Whats for lunch today?" shuffle.
randomsearch 8y ago
You haven’t discredited my assertion at all. If you can eat faster, you get back to work faster. An early breakfast or tasty late dinner at work is a temptation to spend more time there. I had a quick google and I’m not alone in my opinion. I’m not criticising the practice, it makes business sense and employees can choose not to use it.

njepa 8y ago

That is mostly the food part though. I don't think anyone is questioning whether having a quality cafeteria at work is a good idea. It is the incentive to stay at work, especially dinner which can make working late become not working late enough. I am not sure what you mean by the cost? I can't imagine people would care about that.

swozey 8y ago

The fact that I don't have to exert ANY energy to decide on where to go for lunch vs. working downtown and having to decide between the same 5 places or spending 20 minutes pulling out and back into parking garages is very nice, and I'm nowhere near a recent college grad. Dinners also nice for those of us without anyone to go home to eat with. I absolutely hate the "Whats for lunch today?" shuffle.

randomsearch 8y ago

You haven’t discredited my assertion at all. If you can eat faster, you get back to work faster. An early breakfast or tasty late dinner at work is a temptation to spend more time there. I had a quick google and I’m not alone in my opinion. I’m not criticising the practice, it makes business sense and employees can choose not to use it.