[gunfighthacksaw]

The startup I currently work for has (IMO) a reasonable number of benefits

- weekly lunch

- get drunk on the company a handful of times a year

- dogfooding our product for free

- certs + professional development

A company offering substantially less than that I’d consider stingy or too up tight. Not appreciative of the workers. Look at low margin industries like the warehouse.

A company offering more, Id feel good about.

A company offering bean bags, video games, excessive alcohol, I’d definitely feel suspicious about. Who are you trying to buy with these trinkets?

[BoorishBears]

It's all relative

Some people are so disconnected they think our company is stingy because our world class chef only oversees lunch service and dinner meals are only comped after 6....

Tech in general has a crazy entitlement problem when it comes to perks.

[beebmam]

I have a hard time taking any company seriously that facilitates the consumption of alcohol during work hours, with the exception of parties/celebrations.

[InitialBP]

I've worked for plenty of places that facilitate alcohol during work hours. For 99% of people that work there they enjoy a beer after lunch while they knock out some evening work or internal meetings, or just choose not to participate. Some people like to casually drink and while that isn't true of all individuals, depending on your team that might be a big morale boost for people that can drink responsibly in the workplace.

[gunfighthacksaw]

I was mostly referring to parties, though a liquid lunch during a (rare) slow week is not unheard of and can prove quite conducive to meetings.