[dahdum]

> And as petty a thing as, “We’re going to give you smaller to-go boxes so you can’t take the steak we’re giving you and go feed your family with it.”

That's what she thinks is petty? I wonder if she feels the same about replacing snack bars and drink fridges with free vending machines to slow down the workers who fill their backpacks full of Odwalla, Monster, and expensive snacks every night.

These benefits were worthwhile when employees appreciated them, but appeasing increasingly hostile and entitled workers is a losing battle.

[ben7799]

I can't remember how long ago it was.. before Google and Facebook started pushing crazy benefits Microsoft was kind of famous for it. MS's level of it back in the day was much lower than today, but still generous for the time.

At some point they had to stop as they had caught employees emptying the free drink fridges and taking them off campus and reselling them.

So they had to stop offering that stuff. Though I'm sure they had to re-add it later.

[akamia]

There are always going to be people who take advantage of anything "free". I once worked at a boring large company that didn't offer any of these perks. They repeatedly had to tell people that the office supplies were for work use only. One person was caught selling office supplies on eBay. Another person had been using them to supply the office for his side business.