Google's Cafe food has actually increased over last 4 years I've been at Google.
MK Snacks are better. Coffee Better.
Its less cost cutting and more about logistics. You can't buy Mom & Pop created chocolate for 60k Bay area employees spread across 100 offices. We'd be consuming > 100% their supply. Most of the changes are around streamlining our logistics in the bay area to single suppliers.
As for w-street's changes, its not all negative. E.g. When I First joined google I heard of a team spending 10mil on an experiment by buying custom hardware to test form factor...the same experiment could have been done with a 1000$ foam/clay/3d printed mockup. People like Ruth have tought many teams in google to be more frugal.
Dear cobookman. You are batshit insane. I haven't seen a snack in an MK that I actually wanted to eat in over a year. I am pretty sure many of the same packages have been there for that entire year. I may start marking them with a sharpie to confirm my suspicions.
It will be interesting to see if the recent tax law changes will affect Google perks like the cafeteria. Providing food for employees on-site will no longer be expensable for corporations. So there will be no tax advantage.
MK Snacks are better. Coffee Better.
Its less cost cutting and more about logistics. You can't buy Mom & Pop created chocolate for 60k Bay area employees spread across 100 offices. We'd be consuming > 100% their supply. Most of the changes are around streamlining our logistics in the bay area to single suppliers.
As for w-street's changes, its not all negative. E.g. When I First joined google I heard of a team spending 10mil on an experiment by buying custom hardware to test form factor...the same experiment could have been done with a 1000$ foam/clay/3d printed mockup. People like Ruth have tought many teams in google to be more frugal.