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I disagree. At Amazon, I never saw anything free in the break room except drip coffee. Stock has soared 6 times in 6 years. At a startup, we always had free lu

• spiritcat 8y ago
  I remember back in the day the stories of them using doors as conference tables to save money. Not really a surprise that they were the ones to make it through the bubble and take over the world.
• wodenokoto 8y ago
  These are not bad counter examples, but I think they still hit the mark, just off center. It's the changes of perks, that predicts managements stance on future prospects. Amazon didn't change perks, so at best Lefkowitz’s Law predicts management is not bullish, not that management are fearing for the future and nothing about the state of the company [1] Similarly, nobody starts a startup without being bullish about the companys prospects. Thus the law predicts start-ups often have good perks. [1] or at least, the law is always 1 step removed from predicting the state of the business. E.g., if management have a bleak outlook, it is probably because things are indeed bleak.