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Why doesn't Microsoft provide free food as Google and Facebook do? (2015)
- caymanjim 7y agoI've worked at places with free food before. While it's nice to have, it really is exactly what this Quora answerer suggests: it's a way to get people to stay at the office. It's not at all altruistic, and it shouldn't be considered a perk. Free food can be nice, but be aware that you're giving something up as well. One effect that's even more valuable to the business than simply keeping employees at the office more is that it strongly encourages everyone to eat lunch at the same time. Even people who bring their own lunch or go out to lunch will do so at the same time that everyone else is partaking in the free food. This makes it a lot easier to schedule meetings adjacent to lunch, and means that all the noise and disruption of lunch is narrowly timeboxed.
- chovy 7y agoAlso takes 10-15 minutes to eat in the office vs. 1 hour to go out. I always prefer to eat out. I enjoy the break away from the office. I don't know why we have to all sit together like a bunch of hippies and pretend to enjoy each others' company.