I see a lot of sr.managers/directors/vp's/c level people schedule lunch meetings all the time(sometimes intentionally.. i can see their calendar availability and its not uncommon to see their calendars open) and avoid paying for lunch by reimbursing their lunch while i as an engineer end up paying 15-20$ for a meal everyday.. how can i not feel pathetic about myself when i see them enjoying a free meal everyday while its out of my reach ..
$20 a day only comes out to $5k a year or so. Not really that much compared to normal tech salaries. (Assuming you’re in tech in the Bay). Agreed it’s a Dick move though, dually so and stupidly so that they’re trying to keep it secret. Yeah, I’d say either unionize or play the market and leave are your only outs.
That's a bad shadow the leaders of your company are casting. You have two options: leave the company or suck it up.
I have a feeling this is Amazon. That's where I've seen execs shamelessly eating their lunches in lunch time meetings and not ordering food for all the meeting attendees.
That is poor form. If an EA brings lunch in for an Exec they should get orders for everyone
At Amazon, an EA would probably be rewarded for buying only for the exec. It's "frugal", you only buy lunches for people if you want to bribe them to attend things like bug bashes.
Brown bag lunch. No need to spend that much on food if that’s a concern for you.
Why do you care, unless the food they seve is gourmet quality good food. At my place all they serve for a lunch meeting is shitty rubios, sandwich etc. That is so nutrient-less that you can fill up on calories without getting any essential nutrients. I bag my lunch always. Be happy that you are treating your body right and not eating crap
If you are talking about an exec who get paid upwards of $200 per hour isnt it productive for them to have a working lunch?
Meal prep and make your own? lol
Free food/lunch is also a curse. When companies give lots of free perks there seems to be this unwritten agreement that you owe them more, that it’s not part of compensation/benefits. I worked at places with a free lunch, and it was soul sucking. The worst was the only job I ever had was a startup where I sometimes felt it necessary to sleep at work on a couch instead of going home to my family. Never again.
Are You jelly?
Move to a company that offers free lunch?