Work break room
Does your workplace have a break room, and more importantly, does anybody ever actually USE the room? Here we have a room with a foosball table and a recliner in front of a television with satellite programming, but I don't know if anybody ever takes advantage of these entertainments. If you're physically present, you're expected to be at your desk. Now, everybody will take some time out of their day to gab to the other people sitting nearby, so we're not quite worker drones not having any social interaction while at work, but I seriously question why the management bothers with anything in the breakroom besides the community fridge and a couple microwaves to reheat lunch.
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I work at multiple locations and I’ve only really used one of them because they have two big massage chairs. Other than that I try to find a place away from people for my breaks which isn’t the break room.0
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I’m my own personal break room.
.... only without the foosball table.0 -
What's a break room?
I'm in a small office but only ever had kitchens with all the kitcheny stuff in other jobs.
I would so just be falling asleep in a recliner!1 -
I am W@H now, so my break room is my drive through shower in the master bedroom. Room for 8 but unfortunately only been me in there lately.3
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Pre-COVID, we had a really nice break room/kitchen area with comfy couches, tables and chairs, free snacks and drinks, gourmet coffee machine, tea station, TVs, etc. In the morning, there was a hot oatmeal station (real stuff, not instant oats).
People would gather for lunch here, or have small meetings at other times of the day. It's a nice, bright, sunny room...much cheerier than our offices, cubicles, or meeting rooms.
Post-COVID, they have removed all the couches and larger tables. They left only spaced-out small tables with one chair each, so you can sit by yourself and eat lunch. The food and drinks are all gone, except for some water bottles. Thank God the coffee machine is still there.
Hopefully, at some point it is restored to how it was previously, because it really was a nice perk.1 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Pre-COVID, we had a really nice break room/kitchen area with comfy couches, tables and chairs, free snacks and drinks, gourmet coffee machine, tea station, TVs, etc. In the morning, there was a hot oatmeal station (real stuff, not instant oats).
People would gather for lunch here, or have small meetings at other times of the day. It's a nice, bright, sunny room...much cheerier than our offices, cubicles, or meeting rooms.
Post-COVID, they have removed all the couches and larger tables. They left only spaced-out small tables with one chair each, so you can sit by yourself and eat lunch. The food and drinks are all gone, except for some water bottles. Thank God the coffee machine is still there.
Hopefully, at some point it is restored to how it was previously, because it really was a nice perk.
This might be the saddest story I've ever read.1 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Pre-COVID, we had a really nice break room/kitchen area with comfy couches, tables and chairs, free snacks and drinks, gourmet coffee machine, tea station, TVs, etc. In the morning, there was a hot oatmeal station (real stuff, not instant oats).
People would gather for lunch here, or have small meetings at other times of the day. It's a nice, bright, sunny room...much cheerier than our offices, cubicles, or meeting rooms.
Post-COVID, they have removed all the couches and larger tables. They left only spaced-out small tables with one chair each, so you can sit by yourself and eat lunch. The food and drinks are all gone, except for some water bottles. Thank God the coffee machine is still there.
Hopefully, at some point it is restored to how it was previously, because it really was a nice perk.
This might be the saddest story I've ever read.
I can think of a couple of stories that might be sadder than the dismantling of an office break-room, but then again, that's just me.3 -
Motorsheen wrote: »SuzySunshine99 wrote: »Pre-COVID, we had a really nice break room/kitchen area with comfy couches, tables and chairs, free snacks and drinks, gourmet coffee machine, tea station, TVs, etc. In the morning, there was a hot oatmeal station (real stuff, not instant oats).
People would gather for lunch here, or have small meetings at other times of the day. It's a nice, bright, sunny room...much cheerier than our offices, cubicles, or meeting rooms.
Post-COVID, they have removed all the couches and larger tables. They left only spaced-out small tables with one chair each, so you can sit by yourself and eat lunch. The food and drinks are all gone, except for some water bottles. Thank God the coffee machine is still there.
Hopefully, at some point it is restored to how it was previously, because it really was a nice perk.
This might be the saddest story I've ever read.
I can think of a couple of stories that might be sadder than the dismantling of an office break-room, but then again, that's just me.
That's not the only reason it was sad.
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OpheliaCooter wrote: »Other than that I try to find a place away from people for my breaks which isn’t the break room.
This.
We have a lunch room with long tables and chairs, plus a couch and a TV. The crew that uses it has commandeered the TV and watch soap operas at lunch. No thanks. Since Covid it's been off limits except for using the fridge or microwave.
There are sink/mini fridge/coffee stations on each floor and that's all I use.1 -
We have a break room, but no entertainment...just tables and chairs, refrigerator, coffee maker, microwave, etc.0
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Our break room has this Arabian nights theme with gold curtains, satin throw pillows arranged into a makeshift bed, and a candle set from Ross. Who says the suggestion box doesn't work
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We have a main "lounge" which used to have commercial coffee pots, snack, and soda machines, tables and chairs, microwaves, 2 fridges. Coffee pots and machines have been empty this year. Each wing also had their own work/break room, usually consisting of restroom, printer, phone, microwave, fridge, table and chairs, sometimes couch or large chair. We only use them for lunch or quick printing needs. If you're at work, you're at work, not hanging out in the break room.0
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Some break rooms are better than others........
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