Google Forks Out $72 Million a Year for Free Employee Chow
It's known that Google treats its employees pretty nicely, but recent estimations show just how much the Internet-giant appreciates its employees.
One amenity enjoyed by Googlers is two free meals per day. An estimated 9,600 employees across multiple offices enjoy free meals 251 days out of the year that Google is open. This equates to $72,288,000 spent per year by Google just to keep its employees fat and happy.
This figure is based upon a $30 per day per employee estimate by Aramark Business Dining Services. I'm not sure if Google employees are receiving filet mignon everyday, but $15 per meal for cafeteria food seems a tad high.
Regardless, there's a reason Google is one of the most powerful brand names in the world, and it's because the company keeps its employees happy. These are the same employees that are creative minds behind many of Google services.
It's all about keeping the employees happy. And if you keep up with the daily obesity reports from Dateline NBC and the like, you know that eating makes people happy. What I'm really trying to say is: How about a free lunch, PC World? Please?
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The last paragraph says it all. "It's all about keeping the employees happy." I've worked for casinos where the same perk exists and surely there are other companies that do this.
And lets not forget the cost of bonuses, stock options, and golden parachutes given to CEO's. One man/woman can rake in $72 million just for himself.