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> Isn’t this called “salary”? I don’t expect my employer to cook and feed me lunch You might not, but many tech companies in SF do exactly that, and it is a legitimate part of your compensation.
The cost of my lunch is a trivial fraction of my family's grocery bill though. Are remote workers going to ask for a clothing stipend in lieu of company-branded T-shirts as well?
It's definitely thousands of dollars to go eat lunch in SF, a year. Plus companies often serve breakfast/dinner. And, in the case of my last company (Dropbox), the food was absurdly good. I considered my Dropbox food to be like 50k in value to me.