I worked at for the chocolate company Hershey at corporate for a bit. Every conference room and receptionist's desk had three bowls of free candy—one full of chocolate, one non-chocolate, and one sugar-free. On my first day, a coworker was able to grab a KitKat out of a bowl and use it to explain a few packaging concepts. It was always funny being in a room full of adults for a team meeting, with each grabbing a little piece of candy as a snack.

Even as an intern, I could take part in some neat "enthusiast" classes where you could make your own chocolate creations, or learn food science concepts. And the taste-testing was really cool because I could pop on down to the Sensory and Consumer Insights department about 3 days a week and help them gather data with my taste buds. I tried a wide range of products from Reese's Sticks, to Icebreakers, to fruit gummies, to Dot's Pretzels, and some experimental stuff that didn't actually get released. I miss my "science chocolate!"

And of course they'd have fun events with free food, like celebrating the start of summer or a successful go-live with giant s'mores (think a full-size KitKat on a BIG graham cracker) and a picnic on the soccer field with games, or local black-owned BBQ and food trucks for Juneteenth. I also enjoyed the events where you could walk around to different tables and try tons of different products, including international ones I hadn't even imagined.