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I definitely stay at work, and stay on campus longer because of the free breakfasts and lunches.

I don't understand how this is an argument in favour of free food/drink. You're selling whatever additional time you give to your employer for a rock bottom price. It's not a good deal.

Without knowing details of compensation you can't really say whether they've given their extra time at a rock bottom price or not.

For most employees, especially those commenting here, every hour above 40.0 is $0. It doesn't get much more rock bottom than that.

I don’t consider myself to be on an hourly wage. I’m on a salary. If I need to work more hours I work more hours, if that’s what it takes to get the job done.

I don't think he is arguing for free food/drinks, nowhere did he say he was arguing in favour.

> It's not a good deal.

It is, though, for the employer. I think the GP was trying to say that free food/drinks are a bad place to start saving money.

Spend your free time on work... Very stupid idea.

Depends on the relationship that you have with your employer.

I always (in the past) tried to drink the kool-aid as much as I could ... (until that got abused) ...

If I start a business, one of my main goals is going to be to build a team that does justice to the passion that it's members put in to it.

What can be a passion for business that is not even yours? You want the impossible.

Plenty of people are self aware enough to know they don't have what it takes to [start,own,run] a business. They can still be passionate about the work they're doing.

I have been passionate about working for organizations that were not mine.

Many of the people that I work with are pretty passionate about what they do as well.

it isn't really your free time if it involves going out and finding food

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