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Tech company cafeterias remain economically viable as a recruitment strategy despite cost-cutting concerns in post-ZIRP era
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And that is not a reality-entangled point of view at all. The economics are just so absurdly attractive.
Every company has a number and few companies disclose it, but finger to the wind, it's probably like $15 per beneficiary per day of what it costs to provide those services.
And $15 next to the total compensation of an engineer, even at a place
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How hyper-consumers misunderstand industries by assuming their extreme behavior is typical, illustrated through bodybuilders, gamers, and business travelers
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Yep. So for those of you who haven't read your substantial writing on this topic, something that you've covered many times is that the airlines work because there is a lucrative class of business travelers who are not spending their own money. They're spending money from a budget at work, and they are willing to, subjectively speaking, pay richly
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How hyper-consuming outliers subsidize industries like airlines and buffets without realizing others aren't like them
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Yep. So for those of you who haven't read your substantial writing on this topic, Something that you've covered many times is that the airlines work because there is a lucrative class of business travelers who are not spending their own money. They're spending money from a budget at work, and they are willing to, subjectively speaking, pay richly
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