Despite upvoting you for your clear argument - I disagree. The top engineers are the lifeblood of the company, and to make trivial cost cutting measures ($10k r

Despite upvoting you for your clear argument - I disagree. The top engineers are the lifeblood of the company, and to make trivial cost cutting measures ($10k really is nothing) that risk their retention is incredibly stupid. Decrees from the top that disregard the input of and value of the employees are the issue here, not how those decrees are handed down. I can't think of any way that HR could say "no more free soda" without it sounding like the stupid cost-cutting measure that it is.