Earlier quoted context omitted.
Hmm, I work for Google now, and they are the first company I have worked for with either baristas[1] or ping-pong tables. These are definitely luxurious perks and not "basic niceties". But Google is not a frugal startup. It's a giant company offering a big complicated benefits package. [1] Free ones that is. Not counting big plants with cafes that charge market prices and seem to break even.
>These are definitely luxurious perks and not "basic niceties". I don't think you realize how little these items cost when divided out amongst the number of employees. In particular when you consider the alternative of them leaving the Google campus for a half hour for a coffee break. If you think catered lunches and the like are purely perks, then you drank the Kool-Aid. There is a reason they don't want you bringin…
There's a catch though: the dinner is served at 18:15