Why don't more companies see this way?
- Thread starter Jack Ryan
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heh
thats pretty sweet.....never see it at a large corp though they are propably privately owned and down have a board to answer to every time they want to add an expense to the budget
thats pretty sweet.....never see it at a large corp though they are propably privately owned and down have a board to answer to every time they want to add an expense to the budget
Did you read more than the headline?
Analytical Graphics, Inc (AGI) also gives workers access to a free laundry service, free meals - breakfast, lunch and dinner - all week and access to free snacks, confectionary and drinks. And if there are concerns that all this free nosh might pile on the pounds, there's also a gym. Which is free.
Google has very good perks for their employees and apparently is a very relaxed place to work as well...
They say that they might have to drop a lot of it once they go public because of stockholder sentiment. A lot of the 'evil business empire' reputation comes from stockholder pressure to perform and outperform.
They say that they might have to drop a lot of it once they go public because of stockholder sentiment. A lot of the 'evil business empire' reputation comes from stockholder pressure to perform and outperform.
Must be too early in the morning w/ the groggy eyes and the drunken-boxing-like swaying of the head
A lot of companies are well aware of this, but it's not cheap to provide all of these handouts and they often come at the expense of higher wages. My present company, for instance, has entertained all of these perks (with the exception of the free beer which has ALWAYS been provided to us monthly, along with free pizza), but the cost of providing free food to all employees would bankrupt us.
I worked for another company prior to this, and they did offer free food. 3 meals a day, snacks, drinks, all you can eat. You could even get a take-out dinner. And the food was WONDERFUL. There were a lot of other perks there, too.
But at the end of my college career, my starting salary at the former employer was offered at $50k, while my starting salary at the latter employer was offered at $35k.
So tell me....which would make you a happier emloyee.....free lunch? Or $15000? Free lunch? $15000?
Hmmmm......
Well, I don't know many who would argue against that. To me I am impressed with the mindset a company must have to do these kinds of things. I am sure the list above is not all-inclusive either.
And I agree with gigapet, probably very unlikely for a large company to do such a thing unless there were 5 billion studies showing how it saved the company money at some point.
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