Office Facilities - A Consideration For A New Job ?

No You are just being practical..
I myself have experienced how difficult it is to work 10 hrs a day without facilities..
I'm not working now, but previously I had worked in a well known company..
In spite of being reputed the facilities were not upto the mark...for example, coffee and tea dispensing machines not maintained well, wash area crammed with used cups..biscuits were very cheap salt biscuits and biscuit dabbawalas were not cleaned properLy..
Cafeteria food was ok ok, very difficult to eat regularly if unable to cook at home..
Crowded cafeteria..in peak lunch hour no place to sit or even stand..
Cafeteria tables and chairs were not cleaned properly sometimes, food particles everywhere..
Restrooms were not cleaned properly and very few toilets which were not sufficient for the large number of female employees..lot of times soap solution not replaced n restroom..
Transport facilities were pathetic and many well known areas not connected through office cab facilities..many times people who were registered for office transport would not get place to sit as they arranged small vehicles ..lot of times the drivers didn't follow route or pickup drop timings properly..
These things made it quite difficult for me to work productively for 10 hrs in office, as I had to cook everyday to bring lunch and could not relax even one day to eat in canteen..tea breaks I would just gulp down tea as it was tasteless..lunch I would rush to cafeteria before lunch hour started so I could peacefully avoid crowd..when I was delayed due to some work I had to stand and wait for long to get place to sit and eat food in cafeteria..I had to wait 15 minutes minimum to use restroom sometimes..and struggled with crowded public transport during peak hours..office building was 1.5 km from entrance and employee needed to walk 1.5 km and cross road to reach bus stop..very difficult on daily basis..yeah on the whole my productivity was affected..
So yes I believe that facilities matter a lot when you work in a company...

 

My previous company once had 8 hrs as mandatory working hours..and office cabs with frequency of every 3 hrs...then a year later they increased work timings to 9.5-10 hrs depending on project and reduced the frequency of office cabs..it was one of the most irritating things to happen!
I sometimes envied people in smaller companies who din't have much facilities and lesser pay but had flexi timings and work from home option!
I attended an interview in a company ..startup with just 2 restrooms and not well maintained..but I did not get an offer from that company so couldn't face such a dilemma

 

I used to make my own instant coffee by taking milk from home and used to keep spoon, small knife to cut fruits, coffee powder and sugar in my cube.
If they allow small coffee machine at your cube you can do by yourself.

Is eating at desk allowed? I prefer that if it is allowed and everybody is doing.

But Restrooms cleanliness what can one do. Even tissue roll and sanitary napkin you can take in your bag but if it is not maintained well is it complaining to respected persons help? try that and see, take a group of people signed papers for asking for clean bathrooms, if not taken action.

 

if you still not taken the offer talk to HR about why you want to drop, i am sure they will take it seriously and fix the issue.

problem is with we indians skills in using and maintaining restrooms. even in usa if a movie complex/ strip mall etc are by indian owner or all indian movies running the restrooms becomes so dirty. especially kids throw some tissue on floor , wet floor etc.

in india few places, there are 11/7 type facility on the highway roads. clean bathrooms. only ecause one woman cleans after every use. then only they can be clean in india, sad but true.

hope office going people are using tissue instead of water hose

 

mentioning it to them is good, hope others too raise such basic things.
after joining they may not value much , now it is more powerful to get it done. but how can make sure that they worked on it and upto the mark.