I once worked on a company that made me understand the value of this stuff.
My project was late, I was coding desperately, sometimes skipping lunch to have enough time, I had to leave using a bus on a specific time so I couldn't just stay late.
I realized then, that whenever I wanted to drink a coffee or a tea, there was one, hot, on my table, and I didn't fetch it!
Snacks too sometimes!
And whenever I left to go to the bathroom or some random reason, when I got back, my place was clean too!
This meant I could focus on my work, just coding, I didn't had to think about fetching coffee or tea, all I had to do was work, and whenever I needed coffee or tea or food, it would be there, ready, on a clean desk.
It made me realize the service staff worked as a sort of "force multiplier" for the company, you hire a few of them, and a lot of programmers can squeeze more work hours, and what you spend on the service staff wages, you save on programmers wages that you would be wasting if they were wandering around looking for food or caffeine.
My project was late, I was coding desperately, sometimes skipping lunch to have enough time, I had to leave using a bus on a specific time so I couldn't just stay late.
I realized then, that whenever I wanted to drink a coffee or a tea, there was one, hot, on my table, and I didn't fetch it!
Snacks too sometimes!
And whenever I left to go to the bathroom or some random reason, when I got back, my place was clean too!
This meant I could focus on my work, just coding, I didn't had to think about fetching coffee or tea, all I had to do was work, and whenever I needed coffee or tea or food, it would be there, ready, on a clean desk.
It made me realize the service staff worked as a sort of "force multiplier" for the company, you hire a few of them, and a lot of programmers can squeeze more work hours, and what you spend on the service staff wages, you save on programmers wages that you would be wasting if they were wandering around looking for food or caffeine.