Consulting: only job where someone might caution you about the optics of eating breakfast on-site

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Why would people care? We aren't robots. We gotta eat.

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We have a gentlemen's agreement that we don't eat during meetings. But eating at my desk, even in a team room is fine. Folks don't have the time to eat lunch in the caf

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And for a good reason. Especially if you're eating in the team room.

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@M1 current project, we have meetings/workshops that are scheduled 7:30 AM. Also we are all travelling to client site, so living in hotel. no choice

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Why do you care so much about where someone eats?

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@ATK1, often opens at 7 AM and you have to be on site 7;30 🤷‍♂️ is this the culture at your firm? I wouldnt want to work there honestly

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Didn't even know this was a thing. It's just breakfast what could possibly be bad optics about a a bagel

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Really? Never had any issue and leads actually tell us to go ahead and eat during meetings. And for meetings eith clients, only if its part of client culture.

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Acn1 - you eat during meetings? What kind of meeting is it and why?!?

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Eating during meetings I understand.. I still don't get why food is ever even provided. To me, that just means the meeting is too damn long.

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I always eat in transit or right when I arrive at client in the morning.

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Acn1, is breakfast/lunch not catered by the firm/client? Either way, i'm also at the client office at 7:30am, so I eat breakfast at 6:30am at the hotel and train at 5:30am prior. I have no choice but to be versatile and adapt.

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Eat whatever and whenever, just do kick ass work.

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EY, you can eat your vegetables in front of me as much as you want. Chomp that kale, idgaf, hope you enjoy it!
How do you spot the vegan in the team room? Don't worry, they'll tell you everyday.

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Been there, except it wasn't even on-site

While I don't care if my team eat at their desk, but wouldn't it be better to sit down and eat breakfast at the restaurant? Don't give me that "no time" excuse.

M1 exactly.

So, eat at the hotel.

Not the only job but still can be annoying. My SO works in politics and he has to worry about optics constantly. If he eats breakfast at work it is all optics about what he eats and if he has time to eat beforehand.

I think it is more the cost than the food itself. Splurging $20 on breakfast with Starbucks in one hand and going to cost cutting discussion may not sit well with clients.

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