Ideas for better workdays
Practical guidance for creating a workplace people look forward to.
Workplace insights
Who owns this internally, how to decide on a subsidy, what to do in the first month, how to tell if it is working, and the five mistakes that show up most often.
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Workplace insights
Micro markets, vending, smart coolers, fresh food, coffee and pantry. What each one is, the headcount and space it needs, and how to tell which belongs in your breakroom.
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Workplace insights
You cannot match a big employer on health plans or 401k matching. The breakroom is one of the few places a small business can compete on equal terms.
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Everyone in this industry says no contract. Here is what you actually sign, what it commits you to, how you end it, and the clauses to look for in anyone else's paperwork.
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When a vendor says free, the reasonable reaction is to look for the catch. Here is exactly how the economics work, where our interests line up with yours, and where they do not.
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A mandate gets people through the door. It does not make them glad they came. Five things that help, one of which we sell, and honesty about how much any of it matters.
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Retail has the store-run problem worse than anyone, but most stores are too small for a market. What actually fits a retail back room, and when a market does make sense.
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A DC runs around the clock in a place with nothing nearby. Staggered breaks, a night shift nobody stocks for, and drivers who are never there at the same time.
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Shift workers cannot leave the floor, the nearest food is a ten minute drive, and second shift gets whatever first shift left. What actually fixes that.
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Clinical breaks are short, interruptible and rarely at mealtimes. What that means for a hospital or clinic breakroom, and which format actually works on a night shift.
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Search this question and you will find a wall of confident percentages, almost none of them sourced. Here is what can actually be defended, and what a breakroom realistically does.
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Workplace insights
The questions Utah employers actually ask on a first call, answered briefly. Headcount, cost, contracts, payment, installation and what happens when something breaks.
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