What would be the acceptability of this in your workplace? For context, which country and industry are you in?

I guess I’m mainly thinking about professional jobs, but interested to hear from. I think in France it would be quite common to have a glass of wine, even at a work canteen or so. But in the UK it seems like people would think that was a problem, and in a lot of cases you’d be in violation of something at work.

  • UnwrittenProtagonist@lemmyusa.comEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    In the U.S. this has changed a bit over the years. I believe, based on watching Mad Men, that it used to be super common for people to drink and have alcohol at work, let alone at lunch. A friend of my dad used to take his Playboy subscription at work because he didn’t want it to be available to his kids. Try that these days!

    In the 90s, I worked at a job were it wasn’t uncommon to have a drink with lunch, especially when we were out with our Managing Director.

    In the 2000s it was essentially something you’d get fired for.

    Now? My current job (IT in the aviation industry) wouldn’t allow it but there are apparently a lot of start ups that bring beer around to people’s desks on Friday afternoons.