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my company had offices in bay area and chicago. No free food in chicago, free food in sfo.

• akhilcacharya 8y ago
  Same for Bloomberg. Free food in my office (it was great too, A+), none in New York or SFO.
  • vonmoltke 8y ago
    Princeton, I assume?
    • akhilcacharya 8y ago
      Correct.
• hammock 8y ago
  That could also be due to local competition for talent. There aren't as many places in Chicago with free food as in SF.
  • hermitdev 8y ago
    Depends on the industry, I suppose. My experience from interviewing and first hand employment experience is that most finance shops in Chicago offer at least a free lunch. Some also offer hot breakfast and dinner as well. (Sometimes dinner is left overs from lunch, depends on the shop). I've only worked in one trading shop that didn't offer lunch, but they were small and out of the financial district. I briefly contracted at a shop that even extended the free lunch me, even while on the clock. Outside of finance, I dont have any direct knowledge. This is over 15 years of working as an FTE in either trading or financial services as a developer.
    • emidln 8y ago
      Same experience in Chicago trading . Cold breakfast (cereal, bagels, yogurt, fresh fruit, etc) and paid lunch. Sometimes dinner, depends on the shop.