Tuesday, October 13, 2009
No Free Coffee anymore ...
YES! ... that's what one of the large IT organization has decided to go for ...
replacing the existing coffee-day vending machines with another one which is integrated with "smart card" ... will serve you coffee / tea / other bevs on a cost ... to be charged on smart card.
just wondering ... cost accountants say that given the volume, the expenditure on the free coffee would be substantial ... i agree to just the cost part ... however, i disagree with the whole concept ... simply because, if we see the earnings per employee, this cost is really insignificant on per employee bases ... and would really make no big difference ...
on the other hand, employees might as well walk down to cafe to have a coffee ... if i am to pay for my coffee, i might as well get it from barrista than the horrible vending machine coffee ... the amount of time spent not on seat will increase from 10-15 mins to 30-45 mins ... the productivity per employee will go down drastically ... something which organizations need to really look into ...
lot of time organizations miss out the larger picture while implementing the small patch ups ... which ends up as a costly affair ...
replacing the existing coffee-day vending machines with another one which is integrated with "smart card" ... will serve you coffee / tea / other bevs on a cost ... to be charged on smart card.
just wondering ... cost accountants say that given the volume, the expenditure on the free coffee would be substantial ... i agree to just the cost part ... however, i disagree with the whole concept ... simply because, if we see the earnings per employee, this cost is really insignificant on per employee bases ... and would really make no big difference ...
on the other hand, employees might as well walk down to cafe to have a coffee ... if i am to pay for my coffee, i might as well get it from barrista than the horrible vending machine coffee ... the amount of time spent not on seat will increase from 10-15 mins to 30-45 mins ... the productivity per employee will go down drastically ... something which organizations need to really look into ...
lot of time organizations miss out the larger picture while implementing the small patch ups ... which ends up as a costly affair ...
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