“It Looks Like A Prison And Feels Like One Too”: 60 Of The Worst Break Rooms Ever
In the same way that a house can reveal a lot of details about its owners, the workplace can give us a good understanding of its employees. One of the clearest indicators? The break room. This space is meant to help people recharge their batteries and maybe even build camaraderie, but not every business gets it right. In fact, some get it very, very wrong. From rusty vending machines stocked with expired snacks to sad folding chairs that look so uncomfortable, here’s a roundup of the worst offenders. They can say anything they want about their company’s culture, but the grim reality isn’t fooling anyone.
#2
I Work At A Mall. This Is Our Break Room In The Basement Of The Mall
#3
I Got Transferred To A New Location At Work. This Is My New Break “Room”
#6
I Work At A Multi Million Dollar Corporation And This Is Our Break Room Table
#10
Break Room. A Table And 2 Chairs You Can Sit On. Except When The Room Is Filled With Buns
#14
It Is Really Small 2 People Can Sit Side By Side. It’s Always Full Of People’s Stuff, So I Don’t Sit In There On Break
#18
Go Backs And Go Backs And Go Backs. They’ve Been In The Break Room For Over A Week
#23
Turned The Light On In The Break Room…. I Hate That Thing
#27
Entire Break Room For A Place That Has 100+ People Working Everyday
Just started this job end of March. I work in a restaurant as a chef and I counted how many people work in back of house and front of house for a busy day, and it is 121 people. To be fair, the shifts range from 5am to 3am, but still, these 3 chairs are pitiful, they are always taken, have no back support, and when you sit on them you can’t fit your legs under the table. Not to mention the tiny table space. It is encouraged to not take a break at all for a 8 to 10 hour shift and if you do, these seats are always taken so you are forced to sit on the concrete outside near the garbage bins ( we have to park far away up the road so that the shared parking lot is avaliable for customers, so sitting in our car is not an option) behind these chairs is a hallway with a bunch more cubbies to put your bag, water bottle, ect. But no room other than to walk. Crazy to me that a high end restaurant has 3 uncomfortable seats in their tiny “break room”
I crossed out the whiteboard so you can’t see any private info.
#44
Surprisingly It’s Clean Today Because Usually It’s A Mess With Old Crew’s Break Food Everywhere
#45
My Office Break Room Is Styled Like The Inside Of An Airplane For Some Reason
#47
I Work Theatrical Shows & Concerts…
Right now I’m working a run of Hamilton & on my break the other day, I was looking around our crew room wondering what will happen when we run out of room in there for shows to put their tags. I’m hoping tags start to flow out into the main hallways.
#48
Some Photos That I Snuck Of The Break Room In The Amazon Building I Work At. It Looks Like A Prison And Feels Like One Too
#53
Break Room
Anyone else’s break room look like this? No one cleans up their mess.
#54
This Is My Current Hd Break Room. If You’re Thirsty Good Luck. If Your Hungry, Too Bad
