Meta is bolstering perks like happy hours and company swag as it pushes staff to return to office, despite its ‘year of efficiency’::The company has revived a number of employee perks, according to Bloomberg, including branded t-shirts, laundry services, and free haircuts.
They don’t need pizza parties. Even people who can afford their own food like free pizza, just probably not enough to give up working from home.
Pizza is a lot less than the money they’d have to shell out to force people into the office. Based on the average software engineer salaries I’ve seen at several FAANG companies, I’m in the same ballpark. I’d need my salary at least doubled to consider it, because I don’t actually need the extra money. That’s why they try cheap perks.