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It's just another perk that's customary in large US corporations. By comparison, it's like the ticket repas and chèques vacances in the French companies—gettin
by athenot 10y ago
It's just another perk that's customary in large US corporations.
By comparison, it's like the ticket repas and chèques vacances in the French companies—getting subsidies for food and vacations would look quite odd to Americans.
Different cultures, different perks.
- thaumasiotes 10y ago> getting subsidies for food and vacations would look quite odd to Americans Silicon Valley companies frequently subsidize food for their employees.
- milge 10y agoBecause it's a tax writeoff and the more time workers are at the office, the more work is getting done. Or so the managerial thought process goes.
- thaumasiotes 10y agoI'm just saying, I don't think food subsidies look "quite odd" to Americans, I think they look fairly normal.
- distances 10y agoIn many European countries it would probably be considered a taxable benefit for the employee, and would increase the employee taxes. Just as a background why some things are different across the pond.
- Analemma_ 10y agoIt's a taxable benefit in the US too, I'm not sure where the parent's "tax writeoff" comment is coming from. Google actually got in some trouble recently for not reporting their free food to the IRS.
- amscanne 10y agoPresumably he means that it's a cost, therefore paid with pre-tax dollars.
- alsetmusic 10y agoCertain teams at Apple get free dinners to boost morale when working late. This included a pretty nice catered meal once a week in my department. No doubt, this is common at industry leaders.
- mikeash 10y agoThat's not so much a perk as it is very cheap overtime pay. It would be a perk if they gave you dinner even when you leave at 5PM.
- alsetmusic 10y agoThere was nothing stopping us from eating and going home. It's not as though someone was keeping watch over us and demanding work for food. I always felt respected and appreciated.
- mikeash 10y agoDid people who left on time still get bonuses and promotions. Would they have continued to provide food if everyone was out the door at 5PM?