Ask a Manager

APRIL 13, 2020

How can I get my company to continue its food perks now that we’re working from home? Well … employers who provide that amount of food are usually doing it to make it easy for people to stay in the office and not leave for meals — a point that’s now moot. But you’d want to frame it as a suggestion, not an entitlement.

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Food Logistics Catering Equipment 42

Mad in America

OCTOBER 25, 2023

She is also an award-winning chef and Food Network Chopped Champion. I am the hero of my own story, so it stands to reason that I have some control. It doesn’t matter what the outside influence or the diagnosis is, you are still in control of your own life. It’s how we all view the world.

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Interviewing Pharmaceutical Reporting Food 140

Success

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This instinctual drive explains why activities like eating comfort food, exercising or listening to music can feel so rewarding. Logistically speaking, knowing what we know about reward systems and dopamine, the antidote to things like depression, anxiety and ADHD, can be creating positive habits,” says Crain.

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Maintenance Logistics Food Influencing 59

SnackNation

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Have Controller sign next month’s budget. Fields technical and logistical questions. Solves both logistical and human problems. No one can control this aspect of the job, but OMs and OAs who prepare for anything and everything will experience less on-the-job stress. How do I order food for a lunch meeting? .

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Office Management Office Lease Problem-Solving Supplies 48

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The ticket I work for a giant tech company that, unlike our giant tech company peers, doesn’t offer free food. Turns out it’s a pour over set-up with a temperature control kettle and hand coffee grinder. Somebody in housekeeping whose responsibility is to manage cash logistics. Monthly bills. People who manage the cash boxes.

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Supplies Purchasing Cleaning Sales 62

Ask a Manager

JULY 31, 2018

But I don’t always love figuring out what to make for dinner or dealing with the logistics of getting the ingredients to me. You can input all your dietary restrictions and food preferences so that you don’t get meals you don’t like or can’t eat. So Blue Apron is perfect for me – I get to cook without any of the planning or legwork.

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Logistics Food Controlling Planning 20

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 21, 2022

There is a committee in charge of planning and all the logistics. The snipping and vitriol is out of control. There’s already an odd obsession with food here. My team is flipping out and thinks a colleague didn’t deserve to attend a thank-you lunch. It has gotten really bad here.

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Interviewing Logistics Food Reporting 42

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 17, 2022

To save costs, they’ve started rotating between fast food places, wings, and premade sandwich boxes, none of which have vegetarian options. Would I be out of line to request some more inclusive food options, or at the least a la carte sides? My mentor and some peers say my policy is dumb, controlling, or a waste of my time.

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Computer Food Interviewing Problem-Solving 50

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 5, 2017

I am not always available to have a conversation with her when she brings the food, and it may even sit on my desk for a couple of hours before I have time to take a bite, which I mention to clarify that logistically, I simply can’t check on the food or change at the moment she comes back. Sleep problems are awful.

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Interviewing Logistics Controlling Food 23

Ask a Manager

MAY 2, 2017

And for what it’s worth, lots of offices do ban particularly smelly foods in the microwave , so you’re not asking for anything outrageous. They’re not required to let you take unpaid time off, and some places won’t okay that, so you should talk to your boss now to figure out logistics.

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Training Logistics Food Planning 21