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My old manager told me to stop taking the free snacks at work, and I just did the math on why he was right
Last week I added up what I spend on lunches near my office in Chicago and it came to $280 a month. My old manager pulled me aside two years ago and told me to stop grabbing the free office snacks because it made me look like I was only there for the perks, and I thought he was being weird about it. But then I started bringing my own food and banking that lunch money, and I have $3,400 sitting in a savings account now. It sounds dumb but those little habits really do show up in how people see you at work. Has anyone else had a boss say something that sounded petty at the time but turned out to be solid advice?
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claire_ramirez2216d ago
My old boss once told me to stop microwaving fish at my desk and I laughed it off until HR sent out a whole email about it two weeks later. Turns out that "weird" advice was just him saving me from being the office pariah, which is basically the same energy as your snack situation. Small stuff like snacks and smells really does shape how people see you, even when it feels unfair.
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