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Silly thing to pick on. I like a drink with co-workers, but totally understandable not to at work, especially as a lot of their workers definitely couldn't because it'd be dangerous.

Or do you think it should be one rule for the richly paid programmers, and another for the low paid warehouse workers?

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It’s like companies requiring a tie. Fine. A tie is easy to put on. But if you’re requiring that all of a sudden what other rules do I have to worry about being added? I guarantee you random tech company X would see attrition if they enacted a business-casual dress-code. Same with booze.

Booze is different. Booze is a drug that makes people do silly things.

You can almost guarantee that before they brought in this rule, some guy groped a girl while drunk after drinking at the office. That's the size they're at.

There's a world of legal difference when that happens under your roof, or after work.

This is skewing off-topic, but prohibiting alcohol is not going to stop people from drinking it, nor is it going to stop people from doing silly/gropy things at the office. A ban only conveys contempt and mistrust of employees. Focus on toxic culture that makes people feel like they need to drink or are entitled to grope.

I’ve read that it’s common in Germany to drink a liter of beer or so at work, even in manufacturing.

Besides the drinking thing one of my friends said they were trying to ban swearing as well?

Ya. Walmart is a very “middle American values” company. Fine, but just unpleasant if you’re not used to it.

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