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Amongst companies that keep beer on premesis what is the culture surrounding it? If you come into work on monday morning and everyone is already onto their 3rd

by jiggy2011 13y ago

Amongst companies that keep beer on premesis what is the culture surrounding it? If you come into work on monday morning and everyone is already onto their 3rd Carlsberg export by 12:30 then I can see why that might cause problems. OTOH companies that I've worked at that have kept beer in the fridge it has always been something that might be enjoyed with lunch on a friday or at 7PM when one has stayed a little late finishing some milestone on a project before heading home (assuming they are not driving).

mathattack 13y ago
At my current employer, there's rarely a lot of beer in the fridge, and people won't grab one before 4:30 or 5:00 or early in the week. Outside of interns, the people most likely to grab 1 or 2 are the hardest workers in the office.
- dfxm12 13y ago
  Are you implying your interns are the hardest workers (aside from those who grab 1 or 2 beers) or are you implying that interns grab 1 or 2 beers, just like your hardest workers?
  - mathattack 13y ago
    The latter. We actively discourage interns from doing overtime.
    - dfxm12 13y ago
      So now you are implying "working hard" means working more hours? sheesh...
bbarn 13y ago
It's been present in the last three places I've worked. At one, it was definitely the "after 4 on Fridays" type of thing (115 person company at the time), at another it was the "start at lunch and go till the end of the day" type (8 employees, bad work environment outside of the beer), and at the last, it was pretty much in the fridge and the same regular group would grab one at 3 or 4 every few days or so.
archagon 13y ago
Both of the previous companies I worked at had unlimited access to alcohol. The startup had a kegerator, while the bigger company had an empty desk filled entirely with liquor bottles on my floor. The only drinking that really happened was on Fridays. Very rarely did anyone have a drink during normal working hours, unless we were in the office late at night and it was crunch time. It was just taboo. (Not writing this in defense of alcohol at the office. Personally, I like it. But I can see the other side as well.)

mathattack 13y ago

At my current employer, there's rarely a lot of beer in the fridge, and people won't grab one before 4:30 or 5:00 or early in the week. Outside of interns, the people most likely to grab 1 or 2 are the hardest workers in the office.

dfxm12 13y ago
Are you implying your interns are the hardest workers (aside from those who grab 1 or 2 beers) or are you implying that interns grab 1 or 2 beers, just like your hardest workers?
- mathattack 13y ago
  The latter. We actively discourage interns from doing overtime.
  - dfxm12 13y ago
    So now you are implying "working hard" means working more hours? sheesh...

bbarn 13y ago

It's been present in the last three places I've worked. At one, it was definitely the "after 4 on Fridays" type of thing (115 person company at the time), at another it was the "start at lunch and go till the end of the day" type (8 employees, bad work environment outside of the beer), and at the last, it was pretty much in the fridge and the same regular group would grab one at 3 or 4 every few days or so.

archagon 13y ago

Both of the previous companies I worked at had unlimited access to alcohol. The startup had a kegerator, while the bigger company had an empty desk filled entirely with liquor bottles on my floor. The only drinking that really happened was on Fridays. Very rarely did anyone have a drink during normal working hours, unless we were in the office late at night and it was crunch time. It was just taboo. (Not writing this in defense of alcohol at the office. Personally, I like it. But I can see the other side as well.)