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Used to be something that companies just generally recognized as a good thing. Look at workplaces built in the 60 to 80s and basically all of them had cafeteri
by cogman10 3y ago
Used to be something that companies just generally recognized as a good thing. Look at workplaces built in the 60 to 80s and basically all of them had cafeterias as part of the building plan. [1]
[1] https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/24/nyregion/company-cafeterias-as-corporate-tool.html https://www.nytimes.com/1985/11/24/nyregion/company-cafeteri...
- jdsully 3y agoThey were generally paid cafeterias though.
- dkjaudyeqooe 3y agoWhen I worked at a merchant bank in London in the 90s there was a very good cafeteria with great food that was not free, but it was so subsidised that it might as well be.
- cogman10 3y agoSubsidized. The trick was striking a balance in making the food cheap enough that the employees would eat it but not so cheap that the company is footing the entire bill.