Comments on: Free Lunch Everyday at Google!

By: xxoos

xxoos — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:01:04 +0000

it was ritz carlton, the welfare for the employees is not bad. think most upmarket hotels will have nice food too, after all it’s their own people do the food one… View all comments by xxoos

By: Min

Min — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 01:25:53 +0000

looi - I’ve heard of Bling H20 - the bottles are so pretty! ^__^ I haven’t tried it, but they’re definitely not $99/bottle. A regular bottle is about $35, and then go up from there as they get more specialized with different editions and stuff.

Veron - You don’t have Voss? I had no idea… A bottle here costs about $2-3 if you buy them one at a time from a supermarket. If you buy it in bulk from the website it costs about $1.50 each. View all comments by Min

By: tinkertailor

tinkertailor — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:06:16 +0000

i was at this place where they catered free breakfast lunch and dinner every day, and sometimes the food was not bad. i was there 2.5 years, but i wasn’t happy there at all. caterer was singapore food industries as well. organisation? army. View all comments by tinkertailor

By: Veron

Veron — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 16:50:49 +0000

Share with us what company that is, pretty please?

The closest I have come to having free catered meals at work is when my friends and I were practicing for our National Day Parade performance every Saturday and Sunday back in ‘99. The caterer? Singapore Food Industries. Okay pretty sad, but that is the closest. View all comments by Veron

By: xxoos

xxoos — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 15:54:12 +0000

the food looks really good. but i don’t think i’ll have the chance nor the qualifications to work there.

so far only one place i’ve worked in which actually provides free catered meals, but it’s nice (as in not chicken rice and nasi lemak) but still quite normal food, not nice and wah wah food. lol~ View all comments by xxoos

By: Veron

Veron — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 04:18:34 +0000

tinkertailor: Free girlfriends for the nerds? Saying that alone already sounds too weird!

nay min thu: Even their chefs are creative!

DK: Haha I think most people are willing to do the same.

Min: Hmm I don’t think we have the Voss water here in Singapore. Just out of curiosity, how much does a bottle cost?

Xin: You got that right!

looi: Welcome to the community! We’re one big happy family now. For those who haven’t, you can still join my community!

zaijian: You put it in such a nice way! I wanted to say that Singaporeans tend to screw one another over just to reap the maximum possible benefit for themselves. Free lunch? Nah… You mentioned Pixar. How are they as employers? And oh, I would give Google a call if I had coded the live preview thing myself. But I didn’t :( View all comments by Veron

By: zaijian

zaijian — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:55:23 +0000

i think it all boils down to culture and local corporate responsibility. Most employers in this part of Asia, fail to see the connection and dare i say, logical importance, of spending money to motivate and enrich the employees. More often than not, the mentality is firmly directed towards getting the most out of workers, for the least possible expense. its an unfortunate truth isnt it? Regardless of how deep the pockets are, the arms never seem to reach too far into them.

But again, to expect google’s level of extravagance is unreasonable, however, the reasoning behind the strategy should really not be so hard to grasp. bravo to companies like google and pixar, for redefining the workplace for the future.

As for us, here in asia… erm.. dont hold your breath :) and just order out…

by the way V, love the live preview when typing replies… very cool. first time i’ve ever seen it used like this! hmmm maybe you should give google a call :) View all comments by zaijian

By: looi

looi — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 02:38:51 +0000

Hi min,
talking about water… heard about Bling H2O. $US 99 a bottle? is that true, have you tried it yet?

Hey hey Veron,
just joined your community. enjoy your food blogs. Keep them coming View all comments by looi

By: Xin

Xin — Mon, 29 Jan 2007 01:42:53 +0000

Hmmm … i think the most common meal catered by company in sg is Chicken rice & Nasi lemak.
Compared to googles’ … i think their employees are very fortunate. Plus their food is filled with creativity n motivation. I’m sure their employees will be motivated to work twice as hard. hungry le :Xxx View all comments by Xin

By: Min

Min — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:05:29 +0000

Haha, wow, I’m so jealous! That food looks amazing…and makes me want to go work at Google. If only I was good with computers…T_T
Voss water! Yeah, it’s pretty popular in the States too - my friends once bought it for their whole class…which is pretty expensive, and now that they’ve drank all the water, they put cheap stuff in it like Arizona Tea and stuff…^__^;; View all comments by Min

By: DK

DK — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:39:54 +0000

I’m willing to live and work in USA if google employs me. :D View all comments by DK

By: nay min thu

nay min thu — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 15:18:23 +0000

now, i know how they got their endless flow of creative juices..

=) View all comments by nay min thu

By: tinkertailor

tinkertailor — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:58:19 +0000

google is pretty enlightened - 10 bucks per day, or about $200 more a month for each employee is nothing if it leads to high morale and better productivity and low turnover and ensures top talent coming in. oh they have free laundry and massages etc too. before long they’ll be providing free girlfriends to those google nerds. View all comments by tinkertailor

By: Veron

Veron — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:45:33 +0000

I know there are both black and white hackers. And I’m gonna be royally pissed if somebody hacked into my site and replaced all my content with huge text in block letters. (But then again, why would anyone do that?) View all comments by Veron

By: chillycraps

chillycraps — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:38:44 +0000

hi Veron,

he works in an auditing firm. Anyway you know the real meaning of hacking isn’t negative, right~? =) View all comments by chillycraps

By: Veron

Veron — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:22:48 +0000

Hey pkchukiss,

Gee, that foie gras imagery sure doesn’t seem too pretty! View all comments by Veron

By: Veron

Veron — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:20:38 +0000

Hey merv,

Good point! View all comments by Veron

By: pkchukiss

pkchukiss — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:20:01 +0000

Gee, does that mean that they are going to look like foie gras themselves within a few years of their employment? I admit that I would be the first to tip the scales: I mean, with that much food, how can anyone RESIST?! View all comments by pkchukiss

By: mervkwok

mervkwok — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 14:05:34 +0000

jealous? naahhh.. Considering how hard these guys work, they better get a good free meal haha View all comments by mervkwok

By: Veron

Veron — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:52:25 +0000

Hey chillycraps,

Okay one thing at a time. You have a HACKER friend?? View all comments by Veron