Very bizarre to read these kinds of business stories. I was a business major and recall all the case studies regarding the unmeasurable, but vast, benefits to

Very bizarre to read these kinds of business stories. I was a business major and recall all the case studies regarding the unmeasurable, but vast, benefits to the company of providing ancillary benefits such as free gym membership, free child care and free drinks/snacks. Sure these things are measurable monetarily, but the increase in employee moral, employee retention, productivity and general PR over company culture are immeasurable. (Admittedly they are measurable to a degree, but so many variables can allow business people to end up with numbers that support their decisions) I guess that is where academia collides with corporate politicking, as an MBA hired in a tech start-up it is easy to justify a 6 figure salary and stock options when you can show you are directly responsible for cost cutting of $x, rather than an MBA explaining they are responsible for $x increase in cost, but that company moral is up.