4 ms·

I promise I'm not trying to troll here. When I hear "free soda" I hear "free diabetes and heart disease". Free soda is the worst kind of encouragement to have

I promise I'm not trying to troll here. When I hear "free soda" I hear "free diabetes and heart disease". Free soda is the worst kind of encouragement to have your employees living a healthy lifestyle. I'd love to hear about a company who seeks to provide fresh local fruits and vegetables at its snack table. I really don't mean to come off as a Debbie Downer, but soda is such a terrible scourge on society as a whole.

pnathan 13y ago
Free... soda, selzer water, coffee, Naked juice, fruit baskets daily... The point is that these stupid small things make (or not make) you feel appreciated. Although I don't hardly drink soda, having free soda available would allow me to believe that the company is willing to spend a few K/yr to say "We appreciate your hard work, have something small as a token of our appreciation"
conradfr 13y ago
Yahoo! Ireland used to have free fruits, at least around 2006/2007. I'm with you about the sodas. They are free at my work (with a loose rule of one per employee per day) and I always say to my fellow colleagues that it's terrible, sugar sugar sugar.
- canvia 13y ago
  Not even sugar. High fructose GMO corn syrup that's subsidized by your tax dollars. Much worse than cane sugar.
  - conradfr 13y ago
    Well not in my case I think as I'm in France.
ionforce 13y ago
Soda is symbolic for free perks. Free water, free tea, free snacks, free cabs, free dinner, etc.
hga 13y ago
Ummm, I've never been at a (small) firm that didn't offer diet soda if anyone wanted it. Heck, I got at least one place to get caffeine free with sugar Coke, since I don't like the effects of the former and (at least back then) didn't have to worry at all about calories at that level. I was probably the only one who drank it, but it was a really minor effort for them to include it along with everyone else's preferences, and obviously that sends a message as well.

pnathan 13y ago

Free... soda, selzer water, coffee, Naked juice, fruit baskets daily... The point is that these stupid small things make (or not make) you feel appreciated. Although I don't hardly drink soda, having free soda available would allow me to believe that the company is willing to spend a few K/yr to say "We appreciate your hard work, have something small as a token of our appreciation"

conradfr 13y ago

Yahoo! Ireland used to have free fruits, at least around 2006/2007. I'm with you about the sodas. They are free at my work (with a loose rule of one per employee per day) and I always say to my fellow colleagues that it's terrible, sugar sugar sugar.

canvia 13y ago
Not even sugar. High fructose GMO corn syrup that's subsidized by your tax dollars. Much worse than cane sugar.
- conradfr 13y ago
  Well not in my case I think as I'm in France.

ionforce 13y ago

Soda is symbolic for free perks. Free water, free tea, free snacks, free cabs, free dinner, etc.

hga 13y ago

Ummm, I've never been at a (small) firm that didn't offer diet soda if anyone wanted it. Heck, I got at least one place to get caffeine free with sugar Coke, since I don't like the effects of the former and (at least back then) didn't have to worry at all about calories at that level. I was probably the only one who drank it, but it was a really minor effort for them to include it along with everyone else's preferences, and obviously that sends a message as well.