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Neutral ground where coworkers swap honest opinions of management over questionable coffee.
means A room set aside in a workplace for employees to rest, eat, and take breaks away from their actual work.
from A transparent American compound of "break" (a pause from labor) and "room," the noun "break" in the sense of a work interruption dating to the 19th century. "Breakroom" itself is a 20th-century workplace coinage, riding the rise of formalized labor — the lunch break, the coffee break, the mandated rest — that gave such a space a name and a purpose.
- Legal mandate
- Many states require rest breaks but not a room
- Fridge wars
- Anonymous notes about stolen lunches are office folklore
- Coffee economics
- Free office coffee boosts retention more than logic suggests
- Microwave politics
- Reheated fish has ended unofficial workplace friendships
for instance
facebook menlo park breakroom — features multiple chef-staffed cafeterias and snack areas across meta's headquarters