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How many of you are allowed to drink beer at work?

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Re: How many of you are allowed to drink beer at work?

#11
Sure - it's fairly common at startups, especially in urban areas where many or most people aren't driving home at night. If you like beer, it's a nice-enough perk.

Note that there's unwritten etiquette around the consumption of alcohol in the office - don't get sloppy or obnoxious, save it for lunch / the end of the day / Friday afternoon (varies from company to company), use common sense. No one arrives in the morning and helps themselves to a tasty pint during the morning stand-up.

Re: How many of you are allowed to drink beer at work?

#18
We've always had beer available near the end of a hard day at work, and it seems to be the norm at nearly every agency I've worked at or with.

Frankly, I don't see the fuss. After just a single beer I don't really feel like carrying on with my work. It's nice, but it's not something I'd miss and since people rarely seem to carry on working after a bottle of beer I'd rather just either head home or for the team to head out and have a drink at a pub.

It's more a ploy to make the job seem better than it is to twenty-something developers.

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