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Your company should provide enough of a given amenity that everyone can enjoy it as much as they like or it shouldn’t provide that amenity at all. Offering an i

by bww 7y ago

Your company should provide enough of a given amenity that everyone can enjoy it as much as they like or it shouldn’t provide that amenity at all. Offering an insufficient amount invites this kind of behavior and the animosity this kind of behavior engenders.

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jcims 7y ago
That's ridiculous, sorry. I spent a very short time at one of those places you hear of and enjoyed the little bags of dried mango that I had never had before. I took one a day because anything beyond that started to be gluttonous. Same with the 'Dang' coconut chips...so good. Point being that it's obvious these are provided for convenience and a way for folks to get a little break. If you just horde everything for yourself when it's obvious you're denying everyone else a share, you've achieved pathological status in your behavior. On a side note the floor also had a location where folks could bring in their spirits of choice to share with the 150 or so folks that they worked with. It was a beautiful thing.
- ergocoder 7y ago
  Horde everything seems exaggerated. It's 6 bottles. If we substitute the story with 6 bottles of water (as in I need to drink 6 bottles of water to be productive), we would immediately shift blame to Google as to why Google doesn't provide abundant drinking water for everyone. Because we can easily imagine that we need to drink water to be productive at work. We only think this story is ridiculous because we couldn't possibly imagine how these sodas help with productivity. I don't drink soda (which isn't healthy), so I can't imagine how it helps with productivity. But people are different... This story just screams extreme lack of empathy.
  - TeMPOraL 7y ago
    Lack of empathy is hoarding. There are other people who may need that water/soda for productivity just as much. And if one has so specific needs that they really need 6 times the expected allocation of something that's meant for more people, why don't they buy it themselves? Or at least raise an issue with management that they need more of the drink to stay productive?
    - ergocoder 7y ago
      I agree that lack of empathy goes both ways. But that's the environment the company creates. This is like a company provides only one toilet room. Then, there are 10 people who want to poop, and one is publicly shamed for using the toilet for too long. Can we hold the poop? absolutely. But it would be more productive if everyone gets to poop. Directing the blame at a specific person is just bad management/environment.
      - TeMPOraL 7y ago
        More like, one person "pooping" for 30 minutes because they like playing roguelikes on their phone while on the toilet. Had a guy doing exactly that at my previous workspace. Fortunately we had enough toilets on the floor so nobody minded it that much, it was only considered slightly pathetic.

by bww 7y ago

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jcims 7y ago

That's ridiculous, sorry. I spent a very short time at one of those places you hear of and enjoyed the little bags of dried mango that I had never had before. I took one a day because anything beyond that started to be gluttonous. Same with the 'Dang' coconut chips...so good. Point being that it's obvious these are provided for convenience and a way for folks to get a little break. If you just horde everything for yourself when it's obvious you're denying everyone else a share, you've achieved pathological status in your behavior. On a side note the floor also had a location where folks could bring in their spirits of choice to share with the 150 or so folks that they worked with. It was a beautiful thing.

ergocoder 7y ago
Horde everything seems exaggerated. It's 6 bottles. If we substitute the story with 6 bottles of water (as in I need to drink 6 bottles of water to be productive), we would immediately shift blame to Google as to why Google doesn't provide abundant drinking water for everyone. Because we can easily imagine that we need to drink water to be productive at work. We only think this story is ridiculous because we couldn't possibly imagine how these sodas help with productivity. I don't drink soda (which isn't healthy), so I can't imagine how it helps with productivity. But people are different... This story just screams extreme lack of empathy.
- TeMPOraL 7y ago
  Lack of empathy is hoarding. There are other people who may need that water/soda for productivity just as much. And if one has so specific needs that they really need 6 times the expected allocation of something that's meant for more people, why don't they buy it themselves? Or at least raise an issue with management that they need more of the drink to stay productive?
  - ergocoder 7y ago
    I agree that lack of empathy goes both ways. But that's the environment the company creates. This is like a company provides only one toilet room. Then, there are 10 people who want to poop, and one is publicly shamed for using the toilet for too long. Can we hold the poop? absolutely. But it would be more productive if everyone gets to poop. Directing the blame at a specific person is just bad management/environment.
    - TeMPOraL 7y ago
      More like, one person "pooping" for 30 minutes because they like playing roguelikes on their phone while on the toilet. Had a guy doing exactly that at my previous workspace. Fortunately we had enough toilets on the floor so nobody minded it that much, it was only considered slightly pathetic.