You can turn it around and ask: Really? Is the morale of the employees not worth the cost of a bagel? Removing the small benefits sends a message to the employ

You can turn it around and ask: Really? Is the morale of the employees not worth the cost of a bagel? Removing the small benefits sends a message to the employees -- and it's the wrong message to send. In my company, we've had lots of nice little luxuries in our kitchen. Slowly, they removed these, bit by bit. They save an astonishingly small amount, but morale did suffer because of that. Our extra happiness at the workplace is not worth the cents to the management -- is basically the message.