In house Costa Coffee + 45P a go = Sleepless Nights...

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gingerjedi replied

10 November 2011, 07:56
'The man' supplies stimulants to make the staff work longer hours, a bit of a bonus if the contractors are falling for it too.
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BrilloPad replied

10 November 2011, 07:55
Originally posted by Freamon View Post

Another had £1.50 full english breakfast in the subsidised canteen.

At 3i they did free breakfast + lunch. One fellow contractor used to stuff himself then eat beans on toast at night. He also nicked all their cutlery when setting up house...
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Freamon replied

10 November 2011, 07:53
Past client had cinema tickets for £4, basically half price in London.

Another had £1.50 full english breakfast in the subsidised canteen.
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Old Greg replied

10 November 2011, 07:51
Originally posted by ChrisPackit View Post

Just started at new ClientCo which has an in house Costa coffee, and it's 45p for an Americano.... 45p!! It's nearly £2.00 at my local one in sunny Wigan. Needless to say, I'm never in the office, just loitering around Costa all day.

For the last 2 weeks, I've not been able to sleep properly though and it's starting to make a bit of sense...

Makes a change from the last place that didn't even have a tea spoon to make a brew yourself!

Anyone else lucky enough to have such luxury....

While you've been lying awake at night have you done the calculation of how much you earn in the time it takes you to go an buy a coffee?
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BrilloPad replied

10 November 2011, 07:46
During gigs at Goldmine Sucks and UBS they both had free coffee. Not sure if they still do it or not.
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TinTrump replied

9 November 2011, 15:50
Originally posted by ChrisPackit View Post

Anyone else lucky enough to have such luxury....

I'm not. Got a water boiler and my own teabags.

Factories (that I end up in) are crap.
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Jeebo72 replied

9 November 2011, 15:46
Originally posted by ChrisPackit View Post

Anyone else lucky enough to have such luxury....

Made freinds with a few permies who are giving me some of their 50% off vouchers (luxury clothing brand).

Not bad.
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ChrisPackit replied

9 November 2011, 15:16
Originally posted by eek View Post

Oh the joys of Bank of America / MBNA. Really should aim to head back there over the next year or so.

Haha, good guess!

Right, off to the onsite gym, then badminton tomorrow and a Circuits class on Friday. It's a hard life here .....
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eek replied

9 November 2011, 15:14
Originally posted by ChrisPackit View Post

Just started at new ClientCo which has an in house Costa coffee, and it's 45p for an Americano.... 45p!! It's nearly £2.00 at my local one in sunny Wigan. Needless to say, I'm never in the office, just loitering around Costa all day.

Oh the joys of Bank of America / MBNA. Really should aim to head back there over the next year or so.
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Arturo Bassick replied

9 November 2011, 15:09
Bean to cup espresso machine for free.
Waaaaaaaayyyyyyy too much coffee for me!!
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MrRobin replied

9 November 2011, 14:59
ClientCo has proper serious bean to cup machines, free to use. I have seen the same machines in some cafes who charge £2 a cup.

Not quite as good as Costa/Starbucks etc but very close.
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ChrisPackit started a topic In house Costa Coffee + 45P a go = Sleepless Nights...

9 November 2011, 14:50
In house Costa Coffee + 45P a go = Sleepless Nights...

Just started at new ClientCo which has an in house Costa coffee, and it's 45p for an Americano.... 45p!! It's nearly £2.00 at my local one in sunny Wigan. Needless to say, I'm never in the office, just loitering around Costa all day.

For the last 2 weeks, I've not been able to sleep properly though and it's starting to make a bit of sense...

Makes a change from the last place that didn't even have a tea spoon to make a brew yourself!

Anyone else lucky enough to have such luxury....
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