Office Canteens

[Mich the Tester]

WHY do they have to be so tulip?

[SimonMac]

WHY do they have to be so tulip?

When I worked as a Permie at a Local Govt organisation, when they closed the staff canteens sickness levels actually dropped

[Pondlife]

Current client site isn't too bad as long as you're not vegie.

Currywurst mit pommes today and a free chocolate santa.

Not for me unfortunately as I have put myself on a pre-christmas diet.*

2 apples and an orange for poor old pondlife.


* By I, I mean Mrs PL.

[d000hg]

At least you get a canteen. Every place I ever worked you were lucky to find a microwave and a toaster.

[Troll]

The best one I ever saw (and ate in) was Lloyds Bank on Pall Mall (wonder if its still going)
The only works canteen I've seen where alcohol was available...<hic!>

[PAH]

Canteens are intentionally crap so you prefer to be at your desk working.

Hence why "pub lunch?" is a popular question that always gets the same answer when working with a few other contractors.

Just need to make sure there's a few decent pubs doing grub within a few miles of the client site. Proper contractors have that as one of the must ask questions for the interview.

[DimPrawn]

Best ones I've been to are Cadbury's HQ in 25 Berkeley Square in Mayfair and Microsoft in Thames Valley Park.

The worst was a public sector company in Swindon.

[The Spartan]

It could be worse I work on a business park where we get a sandwich van that comes now and again. I'd love it if we had a canteen here

[Wilmslow]

Mine is brilliant.

I chose the turkey escalope served in a herbed scone with cranberry sauce over chicken and prawn Laksa today.

About to get an afternoon latte with some cream cakes from the pastry chef

[PAH]

That's a good argument for keeping them crap. Too easy to pile on the pounds if it's genuinely good or too subsidised.

Unless they also offer a free gym, and you can be arsed to use it.