Must be nice. My company hasn't provided free breakfast, lunch or dinner in years.
I need to GTFO and have some time to myself. 8 hours is a long time.
I have done that in the past when a very good developer was working on some cool tech I suggested that he present to our team meeting.
Oh, god. My introverted self wants to slap you.
Or, he's more likely progress to a job where there is no patronizing idiot trying to ham-fistedly force him into non-work related socialization. Seriously, don't people like that have their own lives they want to live?
I have way too little free time to waste it talking to people I spend 8 hours per day with already. There's plenty of time to talk to those people during work hours, at least I get paid during those hours as well.
Good luck having a career much past 40
Meanwhile, young people are burning themselves out at unprecedented rates.
Indeed. And they aren't making enough money to buy a home. Then, people, mostly boomers, will wonder, "Oh, gee. When I was their age, I could afford college, land a high-paying job right after school and buy my first house before I was 25. How are they not doing the same?"