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A Look at Silicon Valley Cafeterias

Posted by timothy on from the google's-helps-you-find-the-food dept.

boycottthecaf writes "The San Jose Mercury News has a story on the cafeterias of Silicon Valley companies, and how they are used to keep workers on site during lunch. Google, of course, has the cafeteria everyone envies."

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  1. Reg Required by victor_the_cleaner · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think whoever submits a story that requires registration to read, should also provide their username and password so we all can read the story.

  2. Silicon Valley by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Silicon Valley sucks for lunch. Seriously, it takes about 90 minutes to fight through noontime trafficjams and get to a deli for a sandwitch and then back to work. The glories of these cafaterias are just a testament to what a stinking suburban anal shithole the whole place is. Yaaah, you get a free/cheap lunch, but you also get the pleasure of staying in your cube for 9 hours straight. Say hey for wage slavery.

  3. Yahooo! Company Perks! by PocketPick · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Who cares if their working me 14 hours a day without overtime and I haven't seen my family in 3 months. With perks like a nice cafeteria, it's all worth it.

    Sad thing is that most people probably have to use that cafeteria for breakfast, lunch and dinner since may comapnies that provide such things also mandate a 50 hr work week minimum. Don't know about anybody else, but I'd trade those benefits anyday for good pay and a chance to be out after 7 1/2 to 8 hrs.