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Not sure what you're saying, are you implying Oxide is doing this?

sshine 1y ago
They inevitably are, because anyone who has a service subscription is doing this. Because doing every single thing in-house is a different, more extreme value. I'd love to be a $207k/mo. lunch lady.
- steveklabnik 1y ago
  We do not currently have any lunch ladies, outsourced or in-house.
  - hinkley 1y ago
    I want to experience a lunch made by a “lunch lady” that makes 200k a year. That sounds amazing. I can count on both hands the number of meals I’ve had that would be made by such a person. But what I wouldn’t want to experience is the amount of additional exercise I would require for my clothes to still fit.
    - JonChesterfield 1y ago
      That's a hedge fund thing but it does exist.
      - hinkley 1y ago
        I knew a guy whose tech company managed to keep a chef through the 2008 crash but lost her a few years later when Apple made it harder to sell apps. I saw some pretty impressive leftovers.
- sunshowers 1y ago
  We all do our part, but our CEO is ultimately responsible for dish duty at the office.
  - deleted 1y ago
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- rl3 1y ago
  >I'd love to be a $207k/mo. lunch lady. I mean, I'd settle for being a $207k/yr lunch lady. Perhaps I'm unduly devaluing myself..
IshKebab 1y ago
Almost certainly. You really think they are paying their cleaners and receptionist $200k?
- steveklabnik 1y ago
  What receptionist? (I'm actually not sure if we hire a cleaning service for the office, actually...)
  - cross 1y ago
    We don't. When I'm there, I see it addressed as a communal responsibility. Not to be facetious, but the way it's done is a bit of a microcosm of Oxide itself: everyone just chips in and does parts of it as needed. I even filed a ticket to get a push-broom last time to make sweeping the floor easier.
    - treis 1y ago
      Y'all are really scrubbing toilets?
    - ahl 1y ago
      But the real hero was the person who walked 100 yards to home depot and back with the push broom!
- Aeolun 1y ago
  At 75 headcount I very much doubt you need either of those on staff full-time? You can certainly make do without if your goal is to keep paying everyone the same. I think in a smaller company I was part of all support tasks were rolled into a single ‘office manager’ role. When it’s all combined like that 200k becomes easier to justify.
  - IshKebab 1y ago
    That's not an efficient way to spend money. Fine if that is not your goal I guess, but there's no way this lasts if/when they have 500 employees and go public.
michaelt 1y ago
No, I have no first-hand evidence that they are. It's possible they're 100% remote with no receptionists or cleaners. Even if they have offices, a surprising number of highly remunerated jobs involve pushing a mop from time to time.

They inevitably are, because anyone who has a service subscription is doing this. Because doing every single thing in-house is a different, more extreme value. I'd love to be a $207k/mo. lunch lady.

steveklabnik 1y ago
We do not currently have any lunch ladies, outsourced or in-house.
- hinkley 1y ago
  I want to experience a lunch made by a “lunch lady” that makes 200k a year. That sounds amazing. I can count on both hands the number of meals I’ve had that would be made by such a person. But what I wouldn’t want to experience is the amount of additional exercise I would require for my clothes to still fit.
  - JonChesterfield 1y ago
    That's a hedge fund thing but it does exist.
    - hinkley 1y ago
      I knew a guy whose tech company managed to keep a chef through the 2008 crash but lost her a few years later when Apple made it harder to sell apps. I saw some pretty impressive leftovers.
sunshowers 1y ago
We all do our part, but our CEO is ultimately responsible for dish duty at the office.
- deleted 1y ago
  [deleted]
rl3 1y ago
>I'd love to be a $207k/mo. lunch lady. I mean, I'd settle for being a $207k/yr lunch lady. Perhaps I'm unduly devaluing myself..

IshKebab 1y ago

Almost certainly. You really think they are paying their cleaners and receptionist $200k?

steveklabnik 1y ago
What receptionist? (I'm actually not sure if we hire a cleaning service for the office, actually...)
- cross 1y ago
  We don't. When I'm there, I see it addressed as a communal responsibility. Not to be facetious, but the way it's done is a bit of a microcosm of Oxide itself: everyone just chips in and does parts of it as needed. I even filed a ticket to get a push-broom last time to make sweeping the floor easier.
  - treis 1y ago
    Y'all are really scrubbing toilets?
  - ahl 1y ago
    But the real hero was the person who walked 100 yards to home depot and back with the push broom!
Aeolun 1y ago
At 75 headcount I very much doubt you need either of those on staff full-time? You can certainly make do without if your goal is to keep paying everyone the same. I think in a smaller company I was part of all support tasks were rolled into a single ‘office manager’ role. When it’s all combined like that 200k becomes easier to justify.
- IshKebab 1y ago
  That's not an efficient way to spend money. Fine if that is not your goal I guess, but there's no way this lasts if/when they have 500 employees and go public.

michaelt 1y ago

No, I have no first-hand evidence that they are. It's possible they're 100% remote with no receptionists or cleaners. Even if they have offices, a surprising number of highly remunerated jobs involve pushing a mop from time to time.