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> Even Microsoft isn't going to go around writing HR nonsense about the occasional soda taken home.

Well, if they're spending millions on it in general then many employees taking 1 or 2 home every day is actually probably a much greater financial 'burden' on them than a handful of employees taking entire flats every now and then.

And you also don't tend to put up signs like that unless your goal is to change everyone's behaviour.



> And you also don't tend to put up signs like that unless your goal is to change everyone's behaviour.

Yes, "you" do. You specificaly may not do that, probably most people around here will not do that, but lots and lots of people do, enough so that most signs are put down by this kind of people.


> many employees taking 1 or 2 home every day

It is kind of staggering to think of 90,000 employees times 2 sodas every workday.


And yet if those employees wanted soda, what's another truck out of what must be hundreds already, coming to the company? Yes, it'd be 90k * 2 * the rock-bottom wholesale price of a can of pop, but if your employees want it and it saves them time in their salaried day, it's likely worth it.

Those 90,000 employees cost about $45M a day to employ, $35k on drinks is meaningless. Especially against the PR disaster of a thread full of potential employees hearing you hide the soda at night.

But, as someone said, if someone is stealing from you and views it that way you should deal with them personally, directly, and immediately. Passive-aggressively hiding soda is only going to make them switch to office supplies, if you're lucky.




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