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> I have it on good authority that you need to pay for snacks at IBM. I work for the State of Oregon. It's pretty much illegal to give employees free food with

> I have it on good authority that you need to pay for snacks at IBM. I work for the State of Oregon. It's pretty much illegal to give employees free food without a business justification. Buying my own snacks and coffee is the default, and not a huge deal; I'd rather have money to spend as I deem fit than more calories. Complaining about not having a mini fridge full of Red Bull and a cabinet stocked with Doritos is a great way to make yourself look tone deaf and selfish when the vast, vast majority of American society doesn't have these fringe benefits. Far, far worse is the series of things IBM's been doing to benefits. They've shifted the 401k match to the end of the year, so you have to survive any layoffs and stack ranking system to earn your contribution. Early retirement has been slashed from 6 months pay to 1 month.

jeoffw 11y ago
IBM 401k did move matching to the end of the year. I was annoyed about that too until I realized that Google employees only get 50% matching on their contributions, capped at $8250. Meanwhile, IBM contributes 1% automatically and matches 100% of your contributions up to 5% of pay. IBM's 401k benefit is easily verifiable: http://www-01.ibm.com/services/socomm/shared/pdf/IBM401PlusPlanBrochure.pdf http://www-01.ibm.com/services/socomm/shared/pdf/IBM401PlusP... Google no longer lists their 401k benefit publicly, but there is this: https://www.quora.com/What-exactly-is-Googles-employee-401k-matching https://www.quora.com/What-exactly-is-Googles-employee-401k-...