[rodly]

This isn't always the case. Zappos had always hired people to prepare breakfast and dinner and then flipped and used a contractor for food prep and service when they moved to their new HQ in downtown Las Vegas. Zappos is definitely not tight on money and is very well run (from what I could tell).

Perhaps they're just an outlier though.

[walshemj]

It's a sign that hr and accountants have taken over and the tail is wagging the dog