I used to think free lunch, game rooms, and fancy office gyms were signs of a "good culture." Now I realize they are just relatively cheap ways to keep you in the building longer. A $15 lunch is a small price for the company to pay to get an extra hour of work out of you.

Would you trade all the "fun" office perks for a straight 10% raise and the ability to go home at 5 PM?

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Why aren’t you leaving at 5pm anyway? Companies with game rooms aren’t serious companies

Leaving at 5 PM is the goal, but ignoring the incentivization structure is a blind spot. Companies don't install game rooms for 'fun'; they do it because it’s a high-ROI way to keep the workforce tethered. I’d rather have the 10% on my base than a 'fun' environment that exists solely to blur the lines between life and labor.

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