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“I Work At A Multi-Million Dollar Corporation”: 50 Pathetic Excuses For A ‘Break Room’
In the same way that a house can reveal a lot of details about its owners, the workplace can give us a good understanding of its employees. One of the clearest indicators? The break room. This space is meant to help people recharge their batteries and maybe even build camaraderie, but not every business gets it right. In fact, some get it very, very wrong. From rusty vending machines stocked with expired snacks to sad folding chairs that look so uncomfortable, here's a roundup of the worst offenders. They can say anything they want about their company's culture, but the grim reality isn't fooling anyone.
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#1
The Break Room At Work
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#2
I Work At A Mall. This Is Our Break Room In The Basement Of The Mall
#3
We Still Posting Break Rooms?
#4
I Work At A Multi Million Dollar Corporation And This Is Our Break Room Table
chickpea me 1 year ago
Come on, guys get creative and pretend someone tripped over it and send in a complaint.
#5
I Got Transferred To A New Location At Work. This Is My New Break "Room"
#6
"Break Room"
Mike Rodrick 1 year ago
I see used cups & other trash on the table. Maybe THAT'S part of the problem? The same thing happens in nice break rooms. People will just leave a mess no matter what the area is like. They believe their mothers will be there to clean it up. People are pigs.
#7
W Break Room
Pittsburgh rare 1 year ago
Where you think of your alibi before the detectives come to interrogate you
#8
The Office Break Room
#9
The “Break Room” At My Work
#10
Break Room
#11
Go Backs And Go Backs And Go Backs. They’ve Been In The Break Room For Over A Week
#12
Are We Still Posting "Break Rooms"?
#13
Show Me Your Breakroom
#14
Break Room. A Table And 2 Chairs You Can Sit On. Except When The Room Is Filled With Buns
#15
Chilling Break Room
#16
Walgreens Break Room
#17
Hotel Maid’s Break-Room
#19
It Is Really Small 2 People Can Sit Side By Side. It's Always Full Of People's Stuff, So I Don't Sit In There On Break
#20
Breakroom
#21
Turned The Light On In The Break Room.... I Hate That Thing
#22
Update With Pic Of Break Room….. Yea I Don’t Know How Long I’m Staying Here. LOL
#23
Break Room
chickpea me 1 year ago
Seeing what’s on that table, someone definitely thinks this is a fixer upper.
#24
Break Room Before Remodel
#25
Entire Break Room For A Place That Has 100+ People Working Everyday
Just started this job end of March. I work in a restaurant as a chef and I counted how many people work in back of house and front of house for a busy day, and it is 121 people. To be fair, the shifts range from 5am to 3am, but still, these 3 chairs are pitiful, they are always taken, have no back support, and when you sit on them you can't fit your legs under the table. Not to mention the tiny table space. It is encouraged to not take a break at all for a 8 to 10 hour shift and if you do, these seats are always taken so you are forced to sit on the concrete outside near the garbage bins ( we have to park far away up the road so that the shared parking lot is avaliable for customers, so sitting in our car is not an option) behind these chairs is a hallway with a bunch more cubbies to put your bag, water bottle, ect. But no room other than to walk. Crazy to me that a high end restaurant has 3 uncomfortable seats in their tiny "break room"
I crossed out the whiteboard so you can't see any private info.
#26
There Is A Particle Accelerator In My Break Room
#27
A Lot Of People Posting Photos Of Their Break Rooms. Here's Ours
#29
The Window-Less 'Quiet Room' In My Workplace
#30
Empty Breakroom
#31
The Break Room
#32
My Office Break Room Is Styled Like The Inside Of An Airplane For Some Reason
#33
Our Break Room
#34
Abandoned Breakroom At My Workplace
#35
Break Room Purgatory, Between Realities
#36
Any Other Walmarts Doing Some Dumb **p In Their Break Rooms
#37
Our Break Room At Work (Community Mental Health Agency- Satellite Office)
#38
Right Justified Break Room
#39
Break Room
#41
I Found The Forever Alone Chair In My Workplace's Break Room
#42
A Simple Empty Break Room
Uncle Panda 1 year ago
I cleaned out an engineering college (the most fun thing I've ever been paid to do) and disposed of hundreds of decrepit chairs, a nice sample of which is above. As a side note, they all ended up in basements like sludge in a sink trap. I used a simple standard - would a grad student spurn this chair? Every so often somebody be concerned and I'd show them the 'danger triangle', explain my working definition, and ask "Do you want to sit in this chair?"
#43
Break Room At Work
#44
Break Room
Anyone else’s break room look like this? No one cleans up their mess.
#45
Surprisingly It’s Clean Today Because Usually It’s A Mess With Old Crew’s Break Food Everywhere
Mike Rodrick 1 year ago
That's the issue with some places. Employees have no respect for what they're using even if it's an acceptable area. They act like children leaving the mess behind for mommy to take care of. .
#46
When There's A Party In The Break Room At Work And You Work 3rd Shift
#47
I Work Theatrical Shows & Concerts...
Right now I'm working a run of Hamilton & on my break the other day, I was looking around our crew room wondering what will happen when we run out of room in there for shows to put their tags. I'm hoping tags start to flow out into the main hallways.
#49
Makeshift Breakroom In Receiving While They Remodel
#50
2023 Breakroom Refresh
#53
A Simple Breakroom. Too Simple
#54
Break Room In A SC Hospital
#55
This Is My Current Hd Break Room. If You're Thirsty Good Luck. If Your Hungry, Too Bad
#56
Creepiest Breakroom Ever
#57
Some Photos That I Snuck Of The Break Room In The Amazon Building I Work At. It Looks Like A Prison And Feels Like One Too
Mike Rodrick 1 year ago
After what you've seen the examples before yours, you're really complaining? Looks pretty damned nice to me! Exactly what is missing; a full BAR?
#59
I Can Still Hear The Quiet Buzz Of The Light
#60
Break Room
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What do you think ?
GlitterPanda 1 year ago
aftr looking at this list I've come to the decision that break rooms truly are liminal spaces
Fire Singer 1 year ago
I guess my expectations for breakrooms is horribly low because a lot of these seemed fine. Certainly not luxurious, but just fine for a 15 minute break, or hour lunch. The first few were pretty bad, using a storage room as a break room is just a mean thing to do to employees I think, but lots of these did not seem terrible at all. Like...what do they want? Loungers with built in phone chargers, home theater system, napping pods, full shower and spa?
Uncle Panda 1 year ago (edited)
The pictures were fun but the premise seems contrived. I can (barely) remember no break rooms, just the hallway near the water fountain or bathrooms. I think you can explain most of the cramped spaces as being in buildings constructed before the concept of a breakroom became a mandatory feature.
GlitterPanda 1 year ago
aftr looking at this list I've come to the decision that break rooms truly are liminal spaces
Fire Singer 1 year ago
I guess my expectations for breakrooms is horribly low because a lot of these seemed fine. Certainly not luxurious, but just fine for a 15 minute break, or hour lunch. The first few were pretty bad, using a storage room as a break room is just a mean thing to do to employees I think, but lots of these did not seem terrible at all. Like...what do they want? Loungers with built in phone chargers, home theater system, napping pods, full shower and spa?
Uncle Panda 1 year ago (edited)
The pictures were fun but the premise seems contrived. I can (barely) remember no break rooms, just the hallway near the water fountain or bathrooms. I think you can explain most of the cramped spaces as being in buildings constructed before the concept of a breakroom became a mandatory feature.
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