[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.