Businesses buy espresso machines to cut break time

The below piece is from a recent article in The Sunday Telegraph from Sydney, Australia.

SYDNEY, Australia - The humble cappuccino has joined the cigarette and the Internet as the latest threat to workplace productivity.

Coffee runs have become the new smoko and businesses have become so fed up with workers leaving their desks in search of a caffeine fix that many are now paying for professional coffee machines to be installed on-site.

Shelling out $6000 for an espresso machine is worth it because it keeps employees in the building, keeps them motivated and cuts down on break time, employers argue.

Mitsubishi Sydney City, Hawkesbury Valley Holden, Babcock & Brown, global business and technology services company EDS and international shipping firm Maersk are among leading firms that have recently bought coffee machines for staff.
Adam Symon is the director at Bravo Repair Centre and maintains and fixes hundreds of machines each week.

"We've really noticed that, percentage-wise, the number of companies who are dealing with machines has tripled over the last six months," he said.

"A lot of money is being spent on these coffee machines. The more serious companies are even getting them plumbed into the water system."

Mr Symon estimates that in a standard office of 300 staff, workers were grinding their way through 15kg of coffee beans each week, enough to make around 1800 standard cups.

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