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Cruise charges employees $10 for hot meals and $2.50 for coffee

Reuters says Cruise started charging employees for lunch and coffee. What other companies charge for food/coffee? From the article - Cruise has been cutting costs in other ways, including by doing away with free food at company offices, a perk common in Silicon Valley. Starting earlier this month, a memo reviewed by Reuters showed, Cruise began charging workers $10 for hot meals and $2.50 for barista-served hot coffee. https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gms-cruise-faces-long-road-back-city-streets-wake-safety-review-2024-01-31/ #freefood #freecoffee #food #coffee #perks #benefits #tech

Lyft ewCR64 Jan 31

This sounds similar to what Intuit does ( not sure if they still do ). They subsidize lunch for like 5$

Shippo humbleBeeZ Jan 31

That’s more expensive than free and cheaper than outside

JPMorgan Chase BlindO18 Jan 31

Many companies charge for food.

Oracle मटर कुल्चा Jan 31

That’s cheaper than at O

Western Digital CiscoTrash Jan 31

Hmm pretty much everyone charges for hot meals and $10 is typical now. As for coffee, don’t you have a breakroom for drip coffee for free? If not bring your own nespresso machine or Keurig.

Apple flaaang Jan 31

$10 is a deal. We pay $13 for kid size portions.

The Home Depot QzTg12 Jan 31

The Home Depot charges an arm and a leg for food at the SSC.

ByteDance MCHNLRN Jan 31

So glad to watch cruise burn

Cruise cruiser Feb 4

Did you mean… drag?

Continental oUPj01 Jan 31

I know Nvidia and Samsung charge for food though its at subsidized rate. So nothing new

Apple 🌶️ pepper Jan 31

How many days until free lunches disappear from Bay Area? Any guesses?