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Surprised they're doing the food thing. Pretty sure Motorola employees aren't going to be getting that.
by thurn 15y ago
Surprised they're doing the food thing. Pretty sure Motorola employees aren't going to be getting that.
- zach 15y agoIt does seem like there could be a breaking point. Are they really going to stick to treating everyone to the same perks? The ones they use to compete for engineering talent in Palo Alto? I would keep it up if it up to me, knowing that the cost is a long-term investment in internal corporate identity. Once you cut back on these things (such as Microsoft's formerly-gold-plated health plan) you've permanently become a more ordinary company. Here's someone who did the math on providing meals to Motorolans: http://www.businessinsider.com/it-will-cost-google-95-million-per-year-to-feed-motorola-employees-2011-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/it-will-cost-google-95-millio...
- elliottkember 15y ago$20 per employee per day doesn't seem like such a huge expense, especially compared with salary and office space. If it makes employees happy to stay at the office longer, it's not a bad plan.
- lallysingh 15y ago.. or stay with the company longer. Consistently high-quality food, available that conveniently, is a primal attraction.
- paganel 15y ago> Consistently high-quality food, available that conveniently, is a primal attraction. It also ensures that the employees won't leave the office premises for the lunch break. That could be a good thing (for the employer) or a bad thing (for some of the employees).
- justincormack 15y agoNo not really. It might make sense in a campus office, perhaps, but in central Manhattan it just seems like overcontrol.
- mahyarm 15y agoSo would giving them an $7200 raise. But this raise has no tax, and saves the staff time & money, so it's worth more than the $7200 to the staff.
- nikcub 15y agothe patent department at Motorola will