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The relevant statistic is not the aggregate they arrived at, but the per capita cost they started with. Even $30/day is incredibly cheap considering how much i
by mhartl 19y ago
The relevant statistic is not the aggregate they arrived at, but the per capita cost they started with. Even $30/day is incredibly cheap considering how much it boosts productivity. Not only do people stay at work longer if they can eat for free, but they don't have to worry about food and can just focus on getting things done.
I had lunch at the Googleplex yesterday and thought, "All big companies should do this." Maybe small ones, too.
- gscott 19y agoI feel a bit awkward for asking but I keep on seeing posts by people who have eaten lunch at Google, but how do you do that... Do you have to know someone there, just walk in, go on a tour?
- fallentimes 19y agoI think those are largely people who are 1) interviewees 2) contractors 3) vendors or 4) clients. Or you could be like Jessica Livingston and get invited to the Google Author Series.
- kirubakaran 19y agomhartl is YC SFP'08 applicant. May be he is working out a deal with Google ;)
- SwellJoe 19y agoMaybe. Or maybe he just knows people at Google. Many Googlers leave to start startups...so there are many Xooglers among the ranks of YC startups.
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- mhartl 19y agoClose. I'm a WFP'08 founder.
- kirubakaran 19y agoThats right, you said you are launching in a week, not getting selected in a week. My bad.
- SwellJoe 19y agoIf you live in the valley, you probably know someone that works at Google. Most Googlers are pretty loose with invites to come for lunch or dinner. In fact, I've heard that Google actually serves nearly a 1:1 ratio of Googlers to non-Googlers every day at dinner (lunch is far more Googler centric) as Googlers often bring family, friends, etc. And despite some gnashing of teeth among the money men at Google over this fact, Sergey has declared that even if Google were to fall on hard times, food would be the last benefit to go.
- neilk 19y agoTrue. Googlers with kids / spouses tend to bring them in for dinner quite a bit. Which is a pretty fair compensation for the kind of hours Googlers work, IMO. Doing this regularly is officially frowned upon. In fact, you're supposed to register on an internal website if you're planning to bring any guest at all. It's the honor system, but there's technically a limit on the number of guests per month.
- mhartl 19y agoI know someone there.