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Tech office shuts down its free cocktail bar for employees, CEO says “The office is dead” — An experiment in 2020s, incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occ... (sfist.com)
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Tech office shuts down its free cocktail bar for employees, CEO says “The office is dead” — An experiment in 2020s, incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occ...::An experiment in 2020s incentivizing the workplace as a dot-com-era adult playground where work also occurs has ended with a whimper in downtown SF. Tech company Expensify is shutting down its bar, which it opened earlier this year, after six months.

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[–] cloud_herder 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s so insane to think of this being an office perk. Just there for you to use… My office has a kitchen…

[–] QuarterSwede 20 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is one of the more baller ones for sure.

I work for a rapidly growing startup in a different industry and the most we have currently is a beer vending machine at one site that was inherited and P-Cards with the biggest limits I’ve ever seen. The only requirement with those is, “please don’t screw me.”

[–] shrodes 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What are P-Cards?

[–] BottleOfAlkahest 11 points 1 year ago

They are company "Purchase" cards. They are often used for purchases for the office like supplies or other one off perks (i.e. food). In some companies they are separate from travel cards which can only be used for travel.

[–] Funkymatt 10 points 1 year ago

Company credit cards

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That p-card policy is a financial fraud disaster waiting to happen. It's only a matter of when, not if.

[–] QuarterSwede 1 points 1 year ago

Oh don’t worry, we have to expense everything. 😉

[–] NuclearArmWrestling 11 points 1 year ago

And I've got an ice maker and a bottle of Johnny Walker Black Label. Who needs the expense and time of a commute when their perk is right downstairs for me?