> We have a huge consumer goods economy Office space is not a consumer good. Buying a bunch of LaCroix is also not going to make a dent. > We should probably

> We have a huge consumer goods economy Office space is not a consumer good. Buying a bunch of LaCroix is also not going to make a dent. > We should probably just measure this. We should also measure engineer productivity in general. Despite decades of research we still haven't found a way. > The actual belief is that they are somehow more pleasant than my own home. No, that's not the goal. This is a job and the point is not to make you have a good time; the point is for you to do work for the company and have it not suck too much.