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Well, it's kind of a signal, see Steve Blank's essay: https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-earth-%E2%80%93-soda%E2%80%99s-are-no-longer-fre

Well, it's kind of a signal, see Steve Blank's essay: https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-earth-%E2%80%93-soda%E2%80%99s-are-no-longer-free/ https://steveblank.com/2009/12/21/the-elves-leave-middle-ear... Sometimes financial decisions that are seemingly rational on their face can precipitate mass exodus of your best engineers.

shakkhar 8y ago
Exactly. Free food is worth ~$300/mo. for me - easily compensated for by ~$5K extra in base pay. But this is a signal to me that the company does not care about employee happiness / convenience.
sjg007 8y ago
I don't think Amazon ever had free food and drinks so that's a difference.