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by lmm 2789 days ago
> But does that contribute in any way to your productivity?

It contributes to my happiness, which is ultimately what I care about - productivity is another means to the same end.

> In my experience I’d rather have the investment be prioritised towards more tangible things like additional training.

You talk about things being "prioritised" but I just don't think that matches how these decisions are made. It's not like they're taking money out of some fixed pool (again, at a practical-decision-making level); I see no reason to think that fruit baskets make training less likely. (Indeed I'd say that providing fruit baskets speaks to a willingness to offer cheap-but-effective things, and I'd rather work for somewhere that tried to offer cheap-but-effective training than somewhere that tried to offer expensive training).