RE: IMPROVING WRITERS' EFFICIENCY (free food)

[Keri Morgret <kerilists -at- morgret -dot- net>]

If that free sub and soda is provided to all of the writers and to all of 
the SMEs at the same time.

My husband worked for a company where lunches were provided every day to 
the whole company (50-60 people). Lunch was delivered from area 
restaurants, and most everyone would come sit at a long table when lunch 
came and eat their lunch together. While the talk was sometime about the 
football game the previous night, it was just as often (or more often) 
about the latest build of software, QA mentioning something to Tech Support 
and sales, etc. A lot of communication took place at these lunches, it was 
a time where people were able to see what was going on in the other 
departments, etc. The company was also physically set up such that there 
were only low partitions between people, and there were only a couple of 
physical offices with doors and walls. You could tell if it was a slow day 
over in Engineering Land just by looking up and seeing what was going on.

In short, I believe a company can do things with regards to physical 
structure and non-monetary benefits that can aid productivity.

Keri Morgret

At 08:00 AM 11/6/2003, Goober Writer wrote: