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> My husband worked for a company where lunches were provided every day to
Actually, if daily, that would have the reverse effect on me.
My lunch hour for recharging, away from my colleagues and IT.
M
"Keri Morgret" <kerilists -at- morgret -dot- net> wrote in message news:219025 -at- techwr-l -dot- -dot- -dot-
>
> If that free sub and soda is provided to all of the writers and to all of
> the SMEs at the same time.
>
> My husband worked for a company where lunches were provided every day to
> the whole company (50-60 people). Lunch was delivered from area
> restaurants, and most everyone would come sit at a long table when lunch
> came and eat their lunch together. While the talk was sometime about the
> football game the previous night, it was just as often (or more often)
> about the latest build of software, QA mentioning something to Tech
Support
> and sales, etc. A lot of communication took place at these lunches, it was
> a time where people were able to see what was going on in the other
> departments, etc. The company was also physically set up such that there
> were only low partitions between people, and there were only a couple of
> physical offices with doors and walls. You could tell if it was a slow day
> over in Engineering Land just by looking up and seeing what was going on.
>
> In short, I believe a company can do things with regards to physical
> structure and non-monetary benefits that can aid productivity.
>
> Keri Morgret
>
> At 08:00 AM 11/6/2003, Goober Writer wrote:
> > > > 5. Non-monetary incentives (free soda, free food,
> > > > etc.) - these boost morale, but that may have no
> > > > effect on increased productivity.
> >
> >Show me how a free sub and soda can make you a more
> >productive technical writer.
>
>
>
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