Workplace provisions

12 watchers

1
2
3
4
Next
Last

Wine Legs Jan 2020 2:34pm, 31 Jan 2020 5,206 posts	0 Wine Legs The Senior Moments thread has spiralled into a discussion about what your workplace does (or doesn't) provide in terms of beverages and food, so I thought we could use a new thread to share, because I, for one, am horrified at the thought of our NHS staff not being provide caffeine. My workplace (a professional services partnership) provides for free: tea, coffee (bean-to-cup and instant), hot chocolate, sugar, sweeteners, salt, pepper proper milk (plus a coffee machine that uses powder, if that's your thing). We have basic fruit for 10p a piece. We also have a subsidised kitchen that provides a few breakfast things, and lunch items like salad, sandwiches or jacket potatoes. There's also vending machines with your usual junk at normal prices. What does your workplace provide or not provide??
Diogenes Jan 2020 2:37pm, 31 Jan 2020 44,657 posts	0 Diogenes There are a couple of water coolers in patient areas we can use. There is free water from the tap in the staff room from which we can fill the kettles provided.
Nicholls595 Jan 2020 2:43pm, 31 Jan 2020 18,863 posts	0 Nicholls595 We have a "canteen" area in the factory for the production staff. It has a fridge, microwave, tea urn etc. We provide them with ice lollies when it gets hot. Upstairs we have a sink, fridge, microwave, toaster and kettle. Tea, coffee, milk and various other "faddy" hot drinks are provided (there's a box of detox green tea bags from 2015). In addition, there is a spare desk that is used as a "help yourself area" when people bring stuff in. Christmassy type treats seem to have all finished, but today there is a packet of shortbread biscuits and two bags of supermarket cookies.
Lizzie W Jan 2020 2:44pm, 31 Jan 2020 22,118 posts	0 Lizzie W For context: NHS GP land, A Very Long Way South of V'rap. Tea, acceptable instant coffee, milk, sugar, sweeteners, possibly hot chocolate, squash, cheap biscuits, all provided. People bring in spare fruit, cake, etc to share sometimes. Take in cake on your own birthday. If you want anything fancy, like non-dairy milk or fresh coffee, take your own. They'd buy it if demand was high (or the lady doing the shopping wanted to). There's a sink, fridge, kettle, toaster, microwave, cafetiere, crockery, cutlery and washing up stuff. Mr W (teacher) gets tea, bad instant coffee, milk if there's any left. School lunch at the same price as the kids.
Wine Legs Jan 2020 2:46pm, 31 Jan 2020 5,207 posts	0 Wine Legs *provided. obvs.
RunningRonnie Jan 2020 2:48pm, 31 Jan 2020 1,697 posts	0 RunningRonnie Tea, coffee, squash, etc. Free cakes/pancakes on a Friday morning. Fruit box every 2 weeks.
halfpint Jan 2020 2:50pm, 31 Jan 2020 29,951 posts	0 halfpint Working for a local authority we get water from a tap for free. We all provide our own tea/coffee etc.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jan 2020 2:51pm, 31 Jan 2020 5,375 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend Local council: kettle, fridge and microwave provided, you might get tea and biscuits on a training course.
Fragile Do Not Bend Jan 2020 2:54pm, 31 Jan 2020 5,376 posts	0 Fragile Do Not Bend We did get given a tin of Celebrations to share at Christmas.
ITG Jan 2020 3:01pm, 31 Jan 2020 8,317 posts	0 ITG University: basic filter coffee and selection of tea for staff Overpriced canteen for anything else. Senior management have the ability to order fresh fruit, or cakes, or biscuits or wtf they like for their meetings but there is "no money" for hoi polloi.