My step-daughter worked for a company that had a closetful of over-the-counter meds of every type. If you didn't see what you liked, you were expected to supply a bottle of it and then when that went empty that wopuld prompt them to stock it. (That way you didn't have to request it and thus identify yourself as the person taking it.) There also were women's sanitary supplies of every brand, shape, size.... the idea was that they also supported staying home if you were sick, but if you needed a little something they would provide it. I'm sure that if you visited that closet too often there was a conversation about it, but I wish I'd had one like that at any number of places I've worked.

Another company that I worked for had a mini-fridge and coffee/tea setup accessible from every cubicle. If it was too far to get to the one on your floor, zap-- another one would appear. Users maintained it and made coffee as needed from provided supplies on hand. (If your row liked decaf, for instance, decaf was made, and so forth.) This was not merely a caffeine station-- lots of folks used it for hot water for herbal teas, or refrigerated protein shakes, etc.

This same company had a very nice lunchroom, smaller than a cafeteria, and with a house-sized fully functional kitchen with two ovens, staffed with food-service-trained folks who made home-style lunches fresh each day and who served you as specified as you came to the counter. (Gravy or no-gravy, Atkins meat-only, carbs high or low, etc. It got so they knew each employee's "usual.") There was a pair of daily lunch specials as well as a well-stocked salad and sandwich bar. If you had a special requirement you got extra fridge space for after-hours as long as you labeled your box; if you had special likes or dislikes they tried to add items into the meal rotation or salad bar that would work for you. The lunches were great, very nutritious, and it wasn't run as a profit-maker but only had to break even. And you got a tray-- if you preferred to take your meal back to your cubicle that was fine too. Departments were on a shift schedule for when it was your turn to go to lunch, but if you had a special need you could get that adjusted. Fulltime staff got lunch tickets from the payroll office. They started out free but became an at-cost option. There also was a self-serve breakfast bar with juice machines in case you hadn't had brekky before coming in. And snacking in cubicles was fully supported-- they didn't want low blood sugar affecting job performance.

I got them started on full spectrum lighting. The boss put them in her office and if visiting her office made you feel better in the winter, they'd put them in over your cubicle if you helped pay for them.

Hardi's office is set up with full-spectrum overhead fluorescents-- his and his secretary's. And breakfast is required-- the last sec'y got a chat about having to have it, and what kind is healthy, when her work habits proved she was working on caffeine-only on a daily basis.

~Susan