People have been making coffee like this for centuries and continue to do so without a problem. It's a no-cost fixable situation you're in.
People have been making coffee like this for centuries and continue to do so without a problem. It's a no-cost fixable situation you're in.
A symbiosis, if only temporary between the corporation and the employee.
Cue David Attenborough's voiceover.
I always work from home and I can see where his issues come from. I'm sure he'd do things differently if this were a permanent state for him.
Or perhaps he will finally be able to break the habit. Without coffee many (not all) are sleeping better and more rested. He may discover he is one of those people.
Switch coffee with donut. Or newspaper and it starts sounding like traveling an extra hour in doesn't make as much sense as biking/roller blading/walking or driving 5 minutes to grab that coffee.
But when people are worried about flu-like symptoms like headaches, fatigue, muscle aches and being out of breath might not be the optimal time :)
No but seriously, instant coffee ftw. There are coffee snobs and then there's getting the job done.
Productivity is ultimately going to be determined by how people actually behave, not how we believe they should behave. Not even by how they believe they should behave.
Really, he is giving up the benefits of specialization, which has uplifted mankind since the dawn of time.
(pod coffee with all its faults seems to be popular)