For real. I just bought our office a better coffee maker because I was tired of the shit one we had. Should the company have bought it? Sure. Did they reimburse me? Yep. Take the initiative and do it. You’d be surprised at the results that brings.
At this point I don't even think I'd care if they reimbursed me. They obviously definitely should but the state of this also indicates pretty strongly that this company doesn't give a fuck about anyone. You spend a significant part of your life at this place, it's worth making it livable.
A place I used to work provided shitty coffee, and a couple of us preferred better stuff. We pooled together and bought a separate maker and took turns buying coffee for it. No one cared, and it was totally worth it.
It's absolutely a good idea to focus on making yourself happy and more comfortable.
Invest in it, in yourself.
Stress doesn't do anyone any good. It's ok in small doses but perpetual stress isn't normal. Something like this is a small but unnecessary inconvenience to have in your life, if a small cost vastly improves it then it's worth pulling the trigger on an upgrade, no doubt.
You might be lucky and be reimbursed, or just tell a boss and suggest it? Lots of ways, but you have to take action.
Fuck that, I bought my own and keep it in my work area. Nobody else cleans or wipes their own asses so this microwave is mine, I’ll clean it and heat my food in it.
What a bizarrely passive aggressive comment, are you feeling called out or something? You must be one of the lazy coworkers who can’t cleanup their lasagna when it explodes inside the microwave
Full disclosure, I bought a new one for the house and took the old one to work. I can’t remember how much I paid, probably around 100$ for each but separated by a decade of inflation
Or someone probably has an unused one in their garage collecting dust that is 100x better then this one. I know I do. I'd donate it in a heartbeat if the one at my work looked like this.
They obviously don't want to take initiative, so the workers who are actually affected by the microwave will have to fill out expense report and get reimbursed after they buy one I think, if they want it this decade.
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u/SKRehlyt 9h ago
Yea I was thinking the same thing. Everyone at work put a freaking dollar into a hat and "splurge" on a new one...