Free snacks & beer are an anti-perk if you want to maintain a healthy BMI, and a...

tracker1 · on May 12, 2020

It always bugs me that "Free snacks" rarely includes fruit, nuts or other things that aren't processed.

mixmastamyk · on May 13, 2020

Yes, almost always corporate carbs, which I like to call carbage.

balnaphone · on May 13, 2020

That's strange. The offices at Bloomberg, Microsoft, Walmart Labs, etc., all had healthy options when I've been there.

tracker1 · on May 14, 2020

Define healthy... For me, fresh fruit, nuts, even low sugar jerky are healthy. Anything with modern wheat and refined carbs tends to be problematic.

serf · on May 12, 2020

>Free snacks & beer are an anti-perk if you want to maintain a healthy BMI, and a healthy body.

or it turns into a perk again if you think of it as a way to train yourself against temptation.

This mentality is weird to me.

"employee stock options are an anti-perk if you want to maintain a gambling-free lifestyle."

"airbnb travel stipends are an anti-perk if you want to maintain a body free of traveler's diseases."

"free on-site dry-cleaning is an anti-perk when they lose a button on your jacket."

everything good in life can be viewed from a dark angle, but it gets pretty tiring to do so.

robertcorey · on May 13, 2020

false equivalency - there aren't slot machines in the office kitchen.