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.
How many of you are allowed to drink beer at work?
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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.
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#12Not necessarily allowed, but I used to work with IB traders who used to have beer/pizza every other week and being their "IT support", we used to get the leftovers. fun times :)
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#13Beer is always available in the fridge. It's consumed at a slow pace though, usually at the end of the day by a few people, and not every day.
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#14We do on occasions, but only on Fridays after 4 pm and not more than a couple of beers (not an official rule, but everybody pretty much sticks to it) unless its a planned office party.
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#15We have bottled beer and a "home"-brewing kit at work. I think this is fairly common in startups. Obviously, use good judgement and save it for the end of the day.
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#16We have a kegerator and frequently go out to local breweries for lunch.
No one gets "drunk" but it's a nice way to wind down the day.
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#17I've found that companies are more open to Friday beers until someone has an incident on the way home.
But back in the dotcom bubble the startup I was at had beer in the pop machine on Fridays.
Now I work at home and have a beer fridge just outside my home office door.
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#18We'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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#19The IBM lab I interned at had a cricket clubhouse with a full bar!