[amlgsmsn]

Mozilla with it's hundreds of millions of dollars a year in revenue comes to mind as a steward of such a initiative. But they seem to have been spending the money in pursuing project without a chance to succeed like FirefoxOS and expensive office and perks.

E.g. https://ryanseys.com/blog/summer-at-mozilla/

>Interns at Mozilla, myself included, are truly spoiled rotten. Competitive pay, free travel/housing, free snacks/drinks and catered lunches every week were really just icing on the massive cake that was my internship!

>Oh, and did I mention that Mozilla also sent me to Paris, France?! Yeah, it happened. For my final working week, myself and a handful of the Identity team met up in the Paris office and hacked on Persona, and ate… and drank… a lot!

http://www.businessinsider.com/inside-mozillas-amazing-offic...

http://ngokevin.com/blog/mozilla-day-one/

[shawn-furyan]

It's not surprising that compensation and perks of non-profits converge with those of for-profits in the same industry. They are hiring from the same talent pool.

Also, at the margins, I tend to think that perks allow organizations to hire more cheaply than wage increases.

[marvy]

> perks allow [hiring] more cheaply than wage increases

That sounds like the kind of thing some bored economist must have done some kind study on at some point. I'm too lazy to look for it, so maybe someone else can volunteer. I'll just say that sounds very likely to be true.

[infinite8s]

Doesn't even need an economic study. Just some back of the envelope math. Free daily lunch would probably be about $10-$15 per person (especially if ordered in bulk). There are about 250 working days a year (50 weeks * 5 days) so that's only an extra 4k a year in expenses (and perks can be written off as a business expense and not incur income tax expenses). Free daily lunch sounds much better as a perk than a few extra grand salary.

[Blackthorn]

What's wrong with offering good jobs and perks? That sort of stuff is necessary to hire strong.