Oddly enough I tweeted this before I read the NYT piecehttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1300979616715141121 …
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IMO it’s mostly A. The business is profitable enough to pay for such perks. B is a cute suspicion. Other forces drive workaholism way better than buffet theater. C is basically wrong. Strong culture and business success form a virtuous cycle that does not pass through “buffet”
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It’s like how SUV designers found that adding more cup holders made customers rate them as “safer”. Trappings of domestic cozy produce feeling of safety through direct appeal to intuitive aesthetics rather than abstract statistical reality of truly effective measures.
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Also, D: Continuity of Infantilization for upper middle class college grads who’ve never had to do their own domestic maintenance is an important recruiting promise. Particularly as things like equity upside, stimulating technical problems, and meaningful social impact recede.
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