Krauerking@lemy.lol to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 5 months agoForget cereal bars, what's your flavor of drug in the morning?lemy.lolimagemessage-square80linkfedilinkarrow-up1471file-text
arrow-up1471imageForget cereal bars, what's your flavor of drug in the morning?lemy.lolKrauerking@lemy.lol to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square80linkfedilinkfile-text
https://fortune.com/2026/03/04/palantir-tech-companies-offices-vending-machines-tobacco-worker-productivity/ Free drugs for being a good cog? Man now we are talking business perks.
minus-squareroofuskit@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up173·5 months agoNow that’s some cyberpunk dystopian shit. Corpos drugging up employees for productivity.
minus-squarezeezee@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up57·5 months agoI mean that’s not new - tech companies will still advertise “coffee on tap” as a perk to work for them
minus-squaretoiletobserver@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up31·5 months agoCan confirm, my time at microslop in the mid 2000s included break rooms with coolers full of every caffeinated beverage you can think of.
minus-squarescytale@piefed.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoAnd no decaf, at least for the ones I’ve seen.
minus-squareGorGor@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up22·5 months agothe whole idea of a coffee ‘break’ was created to pump stimulants into workers to improve productivity.
minus-squareragas@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·5 months agoI think it is the unintended side effect of taking a short break which actually increases productivity. There are studys that show that constant coffein consumption just make being caffeinated the new normal.
minus-squareKraven_the_Hunter@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThis is why my days are mostly breaks anymore. You should see how productive I am!
minus-squareKrauerking@lemy.lolOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·5 months agoHey with the added benefit of addiction they can’t afford to leave the office now!
minus-squarechonglibloodsport@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoWho’s actually going to use these if they’re not already a smoker / vaper? Maybe they’re just providing them so people don’t have to get up and go outside for 5-10 minutes to smoke.
Now that’s some cyberpunk dystopian shit. Corpos drugging up employees for productivity.
I mean that’s not new - tech companies will still advertise “coffee on tap” as a perk to work for them
Can confirm, my time at microslop in the mid 2000s included break rooms with coolers full of every caffeinated beverage you can think of.
And no decaf, at least for the ones I’ve seen.
the whole idea of a coffee ‘break’ was created to pump stimulants into workers to improve productivity.
I think it is the unintended side effect of taking a short break which actually increases productivity.
There are studys that show that constant coffein consumption just make being caffeinated the new normal.
This is why my days are mostly breaks anymore. You should see how productive I am!
Hey with the added benefit of addiction they can’t afford to leave the office now!
Who’s actually going to use these if they’re not already a smoker / vaper? Maybe they’re just providing them so people don’t have to get up and go outside for 5-10 minutes to smoke.