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The end of worker morale

I feel in past jobs, there was at least an effort by management to provide morale boosts, at least on a perfunctory level: coffee provided, some snacks, donuts or even (gasp!) lunch for everyone that day. But the place I work in now: basically nothing. No coffee in the break room unless you bring your own k-cups, and snacks and food only if it is a periphery benefit from an event that has little to do with the employees themselves. I even have friends that work at small local businesses where the owner used to stock a fridge with food for everyone, but they say that perk has been slashed or done away with it completely. It feels like a post-COVID thing, similar to post-2008, where it’s work work work, no efforts to keep morale up with little things, and the management attitude that we should all be grateful we…


I feel in past jobs, there was at least an effort by management to provide morale boosts, at least on a perfunctory level: coffee provided, some snacks, donuts or even (gasp!) lunch for everyone that day. But the place I work in now: basically nothing. No coffee in the break room unless you bring your own k-cups, and snacks and food only if it is a periphery benefit from an event that has little to do with the employees themselves. I even have friends that work at small local businesses where the owner used to stock a fridge with food for everyone, but they say that perk has been slashed or done away with it completely. It feels like a post-COVID thing, similar to post-2008, where it’s work work work, no efforts to keep morale up with little things, and the management attitude that we should all be grateful we even get a paycheck. Greed is back on the menu, boys! Is anyone else noticing/feeling this small but significant shift at their jobs?

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