Startups have started to offer free nicotine pouches as a perk, as some employees claim the products help them focus during the workday, despite health hazards
Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity — www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st... @diedfrombeing.labeledrude.online : lmao just give them crank and chain them to a desk until they code their replacement who gives a shit. not you, tech startup CEO [embedded post] Mastodon: Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life@mas.to : Tired: Free Coffee — Wired: Free Nicotine Pouches — The perfect accompaniment to 996 culture and being expected to work nights and weekends. — https://www.wsj.com/... @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org : 😬 — WSJ: Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity (Dec 30, 2025) — “...Earlier this year, two nicotine startups—*** and ***—made branded vending machines filled with flavored products for analytics company Palantir Technologies. … Forums: BeauHD / Slashdot : Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity
“Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity.” A more honest headline might be “Tech Startups Are Drugging Employees to Make Them Work Faster and Harder.” https://www.wsj.com/...
What an awful perk this is...it's saying “hey, get addicted to nicotine so we can squeeze more ideas out of you.” — Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity — www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st...