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Except that's a very transparent solution to a problem which doesn't belong to Palantir or their employees, aka the food being served down town either isn't goo
by Sir_Substance 10y ago
Except that's a very transparent solution to a problem which doesn't belong to Palantir or their employees, aka the food being served down town either isn't good enough or isn't served fast enough for Palantir employees to voluntarily choose it.
Everyone except the businesses would justifiably riot.
- SilasX 10y agoThere's also an issue of tax distortion. In the tax code as written, it's a deductible expense to provide an onsite cafeteria, and employees don't have to count it as income. But if an employee goes offsite to get lunch, they have to buy it with after-tax money. So when the business buys them food, it's effectively at a 1/3 discount to what they'd have to pay after-tax out-of-pocket -- more when you consider sales taxes and bulk discounts! So it's not exactly a level playing field there either.
- mathattack 10y agoThe employer also generally gets more time from the employees. (Saving $5 on lunch isn't nearly as valuable as saving an engineer 15 minutes of time)