Do you happen to work in HR? I'm a little skeptical a compensation department or personnel would specifically factor in things like cost-to-commute and lunches

Do you happen to work in HR? I'm a little skeptical a compensation department or personnel would specifically factor in things like cost-to-commute and lunches in their offers pre-2020, just because the collective job market at the time already forced the compensation floor a bit higher to account for those costs.