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> Google is a company that provides gyms, cooking classes, non-work discussion forums, extensive cafeteria service, massages and so on and so on to make sure employees are living within the company as much as possible.

I would argue these perks exist because they are what top tech workers can command in the market, not because of some nefarious purpose of wanting people to work longer hours.

Sort of like how MLB players have all kinds of nice perks written into their bargaining agreement like always flying first class, etc.




It could be worse, they could allow employees to sleep in trucks or cars in the parking lot...




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