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For a contrast, my company made a public suggestion page (with upvotes and downvotes), resulting in all the things listed here--and it has made the environment noticeably nicer. I adjust my standing desk at least once daily to my comfort. I now microwave my lunch and eat the available food, which has definitely had a positive impact on my health and all the things that come along with that. The couches are a nice place to relax with coworkers at the end of the day, especially after a stressful day. A lot of the time, people will come by asking the same sort of questions, and it's useful to have the project diagram you drew from the last time up right next to you. If the writing gets set in easily--don't you think that's the reason they would all have the same writing?

I was not the requester on any of these things, and in fact I was skeptical toward most of them at first, but each one was noticeably good, and over time has made me happier. These are precisely the sort of things I would look for the presence or absence of if I were to look for a job elsewhere.

How big is your company? How do you measure usage? Are you sure it's not just confirmation bias ("look at Alice using the microwave she insisted on having")? I would find it pretty surprising if you put out croissants and all but one person ignored them! If 90% of food is going uneaten... then maybe look for less perishable snacks and buy less at a time?




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