I used to work at a company where each team member got a budget of ~£15 a month towards a team lunch which was typically saved up and spent once every 3 months.

I used to work at a company where each team member got a budget of ~£15 a month towards a team lunch which was typically saved up and spent once every 3 months. The bright spark who thought they could cut some costs by removing that perk probably cost the company 10x that just in the time people spent grumbling about it (it was eventually reinstated). While I think the reactions are a bit OTT (see my comment down thread); it's certainly true that companies do a very poor job of evaluating this kind of decision. One of my key indicators for when it's time to start brushing up my CV is when people spend an inordinate amount of effort trying to save a few quid on stationary when these things are rounding errors on the companies bottom line.