We A/B Tested Our Employees’ Lunch

The Results Were Astounding

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At my last job, we started to keep track of some performance metrics that were very specific to our industry, and we noted some bi-weekly fluctuations.

We noticed that on Thursday of every second week, performance was over the roof.

Performance per day

Bi-weekly is odd, we had obvious weekly fluctuations, such as productivity goes down drastically on Fridays. But every Thursday of every second week!?

We hypothesized hormonal fluctuations, release days of video games, happy-hours at popular bars, the timing of social events, and even the weather, but neither of them correlated.

The answer: Cafeteria

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Turns out the cafeteria menu changed bi-weekly, and every other Thursday they served an incredible meat rich burger(with a tofu option for vegetarians)

Contrasted to the normal food available, which was mostly just carbs.