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> This company is done. This is hard to understate the importance of this. If a company feels obligated to cut spending by cutting small expenses on consumable
by chipdart 2y ago
> This company is done.
This is hard to understate the importance of this. If a company feels obligated to cut spending by cutting small expenses on consumables, such as coffee or even free fruit programs, then they are at a level of going through the proverbial couch cushions hoping to find a coin to meet the budget.
- jszymborski 2y agoMy impression is that these employee creature comforts are the absolute first thing to go. It's when the scope of business is narrowed or segments/IP is sold off that I would start worrying. I have no special insight on this, however.
- ac29 2y ago> My impression is that these employee creature comforts are the absolute first thing to go. Is that even such a bad thing? Given the choice between cutting expenses on food/drinks and firing people, I cant really blame a manager for choosing to keep the people and lose the coffee.
- chipdart 2y ago> Is that even such a bad thing? Given the choice between cutting expenses on food/drinks and firing people, (...) The whole point is that if you're already faced with the choice if cutting coffee or firing people, you will already fire people regardless of how much you cut in coffee. It's futile and specious reasoning, which at most only work as signaling.
- mrandish 2y agoI agree with you but I think there may also be an element of signaling in some of these actions.