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Free lunches at least make economic sense for highly compensated employees. A leisurely 1.5 hour off-site lunch turns into a 30 minute on-site one.
by 0xbear 9y ago
Free lunches at least make economic sense for highly compensated employees. A leisurely 1.5 hour off-site lunch turns into a 30 minute on-site one.
- cbhl 9y agoThe original rules were designed for miners, who didn't have the choice to take a 1.5 hour off-site lunch (there wouldn't be restaurants for miles).
- SilasX 9y agoRight, it makes sense for the company to offer and the employee to accept, but it doesn't make sense that the deck should be additionally stacked by a tax code that makes the meal ~40% cheaper than meals the employee usually buys because they get to buy it with pre-tax dollars.