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Do they provide food to you?

Mine does.

a good perk is for an employee meal for hours worked.

my uncle had that working at this local place called Pig n' Pancake. he brought back big containers of soup to enjoy (stuff that was going to be thrown out).

For holidays or meetings that land at lunch time, yes.

But not every day or anything.

Rarely... Like on holidays or the rare special occasion...

Not really my crew though... They tend to forget about Night Crew when planning out food rewards... Or they'll leave like a crock pot thats been off and uncovered hours before any of our shifts have started then get annoyed that we didn't eat it...

Other: we are fed a meal for everyone every Saturday

Not daily, but when meetings or trainings occur at that time, yes. Also, there are occasional lunch and learns and celebrations.

Special occasions.

Every once in a while.

Theyre far too lenient with that. Makes after hour functions mandatory kind of. They rent out places. Do sponsored happy hours etc. Same deal at my last job too.

No, and honestly I wouldn't want to eat whatever they provided because if they're doing it every day it will 1 be low quality and 2 I'm a Hella picky eater to begin with.

Current employer: infrequent team lunches.

Last employer: free snacks available in the break room. Sometimes cokes and other drinks in the fridge. Also, I helped out the facilities guy with a bunch of stuff, so I could special order any snacks I wanted. Those were the days.

Every once in a while. Literally the only time I eat McDonald's is if someone goes out and gets us breakfast.

Last week we had pizza because we finished one of our last guaranteed jobs.

on special occasions
Christmas team lunch (and chocolate) coming up

there was cake for the last product launch
and occasionally buffets and/or pizza

they regularly provide coffee and tea

We have a remote team dinner once or twice a year. Whatever we want delivered.

My job will have regular company staff meetings and those are always catered. We'll also go out to restaurants to commemorate specific work events or times of the year, like Christmas or finishing an audit or making it through the end of the fiscal year. We'll also celebrate birthdays by buying pizza or cake. Also on occasion the kitchen will have extra food on hand so the food workers will make everyone meals for breakfast or lunch instead of throwing it out.

random_man9119 posted...

Rarely... Like on holidays or the rare special occasion...

Not really my crew though... They tend to forget about Night Crew when planning out food rewards... Or they'll leave like a crock pot thats been off and uncovered hours before any of our shifts have started then get annoyed that we didn't eat it...

You are clearly all ungrateful, otherwise you would take your food poisoning and you would like it. D:<

Only at events.

For my last job, they had pantry snacks and gave us meals we could order once a week.

I don't care as much if I get free snacks in the next job. I'll just bring my own, and they're healthier. Also will be being food from home for lunch.

Once a month, they buy us subs or pizza.

Sometimes. Like once a week we get Dunkn, and if there are any events we will order food. But not daily.

lol no. hell last place i worked demanded i work through lunch breaks and got really pissy when i reported i never took a lunch break and thus should be paid for the half hour.

though i'm sure if you asked most bosses they'd just chuckle and say that if you're eating then they paid for it since they pay you...

I work in a kitchen so I can eat pretty much whenever I want for free

we do feed any non-kitchen staff who wants it lunch every day too though

I'd say we get a free food appreciation thing every two or three months.

Now when I decide to work at Global HQ instead of my normal lab location... it's always free food.

Yes I fed myself lmao

There are many occasions throughout the year where our employers will buy us food. It's not a common occurrence, mostly just for safety milestones, some holidays, as a "thank you" for voluntary overtime on weekends, probably other things I'm forgetting. In our most recent safety milestone, we were allowed to order whatever we wanted (up to a certain quantity) from Longhorn Steakhouse.

Yep. I work at Starbucks. 7 food markouts and a pound of beans a week, and unlimited drinks when I'm on the clock.

There is a subsidized on site cafeteria. Options include food from the grill, salad bar, soup, sandwiches, or a hot entree with side dishes. A decent lunch generally runs from $5 to $8.

My last job had $10 worth of food for a 7 hour shift at my last job.
They decided to fuck me over the month before firing me by scheduling me 6.5 hour shifts just to be dickheads.

My employer actually provides all of my meals, seven days a week, on- and off-duty. It's me. I'm the employer.

Thermador446 posted...

My last job had $10 worth of food for a 7 hour shift at my last job.
They decided to fuck me over the month before firing me by scheduling me 6.5 hour shifts just to be dickheads.

The restaurant industry can be very petty.

FolkenRawr posted...

Yep. I work at Starbucks. 7 food markouts and a pound of beans a week, and unlimited drinks when I'm on the clock.

I used to work at Starbucks, the free food and drinks while on the clock were great. However some stores I worked at would place a limit on how much you could have and/or take home with you each shift.

They offer lunch every day but I normally order in.

I teach at a high school so I can eat school lunch if I choose. It's $5.25 for a regular lunch, which is more than what the students pay. There is a salad bar included so that's nice too.

At my last job we'd get Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner, an April crab feast, and the occasional pizza. There was no food available in house normally other than overpriced vending machine crap.

My boss:
Hey where's the food? Thought you were gonna share?

Me: I forgot

One of mines does. She'll give me snacks and whatever food she brought for lunch that she didn't end up eating. And then every now and then my job will buy food for everyone to thank us for a job well done or some shit.

We've got a bunch of snacks at the office. They get us lunch about once a month.

For in-office folks, they have a catering-like system with a daily $15 stipend Tu-W-Th, selection of local restaurants rotates daily.

They also have ample snacks in the office at all times. Chips, soda machine, yogurt, granola bars, etc.

I work remote though and feed myself for the most part, but its nice to have tha the few occasions I go in.

My workplace just has a whole cafeteria full of a rotating menu of various foods, but then again, I do work at the headquarters of said decently big company.

It's usually only for lunch, though.

My job right now is fiverr... So yes, I do feed myself.